Pokot power station is a 64 MW coal power plant in Rift Valley, Kenya. It ranks #26 of 34 Kenya power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Kenya's electricity; the national grid averages 95 gCO₂/kWh (90.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_pokot_kenya.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 64 MW, Pokot power station is below the median coal plant in Kenya (600 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #5 largest coal power plant of 5 in Kenya by capacity.
Kenya has 5 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 2,740 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Turkwel · Hydro · 103 MW · Northern Region
- Tororo · Solar · 10 MW · Eastern Region
- Muhoroni power station · Oil · 60 MW · Kisumu
- Soroti · Solar · 10 MW · Eastern Region
- Sondu Miru · Hydro · 60 MW · Kisumu
- Siaya nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 1,000 MW · Nyanza
Location
Coordinates 1.395343, 35.33699 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Pokot power station?
Pokot power station is a 64 MW coal power plant in Rift Valley, Kenya.