Resident Cement Gwana power station is a 100 MW coal power station in Bauchi State, Nigeria. It ranks #63 of 69 Nigeria power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Nigeria's electricity; the national grid averages 456 gCO₂/kWh (31.3% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_residentcementgwana_niger.
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 100 MW, Resident Cement Gwana power station is below the median coal plant in Nigeria (135 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #11 largest coal power plant of 15 in Nigeria by capacity.
Nigeria has 15 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 6,654 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Gombe power station · Coal · 500 MW · Gombe State
- Ashaka power station · Coal · 64 MW · Gombe State
- Ashaka/TPGL power station · Coal · 500 MW · Gombe State
Location
Coordinates 9.630984, 10.818145 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Resident Cement Gwana power station?
Resident Cement Gwana power station is a 100 MW coal power plant in Bauchi State, Nigeria.