Rukwa Coal to Power Project is a 120 MW coal power station in Tanzania, Tanzania. It is operated by Edenville Power Tanzania Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 150k homes (estimated). It ranks #18 of 29 Tanzania power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Tanzania's electricity; the national grid averages 345 gCO₂/kWh (32.9% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_rukwacoalto_tanza.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
At 120 MW, Rukwa Coal to Power Project is below the median coal plant in Tanzania (270 MW). 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Edenville Power Tanzania Ltd [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 7.0°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #8 largest coal power plant of 9 in Tanzania by capacity.
Tanzania has 9 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 2,765 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -7.0, 31.5 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Rukwa Coal to Power Project is a 120 MW coal power plant in Tanzania, Tanzania.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 150,171 homes (estimated).
Rukwa Coal to Power Project is operated by Edenville Power Tanzania Ltd [100%].
