Rukwa Coal to Power Project is a 120 MW coal power station in Tanzania, Tanzania. 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.
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 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
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.
Location
Coordinates -7.0, 31.5 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
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Rukwa Coal to Power Project is a 120 MW coal power plant in Tanzania, Tanzania.