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Sese Integrated Power Project — Botswana

Coal power plant in North-East, Botswana. Approximate location -21.378798, 27.440522.

CoalNorth-EastBotswanaShelved

Sese Integrated Power Project is a 450 MW coal power station in North-East, Botswana. It ranks #7 of 12 Botswana power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 98.3% of Botswana's electricity; the national grid averages 851 gCO₂/kWh (0.3% low-carbon) (2024).

450MW installed capacity

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_seseintegrated_botsw.

Data status

Known data

FacilitySese Integrated Power Project GEM-coal
CountryBotswana · North-East GEM-coal
Coordinates-21.378798, 27.440522 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity450 MW GEM GCPT; source record
OwnerAfrican Energy Ltd [100%] GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#7 / 12 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#7 / 11 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.75× · 600 MW · n=11 calculated
Environmental severityC1 · 38/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

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 450 MW, Sese Integrated Power Project is below the median coal plant in Botswana (600 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 #7 largest coal power plant of 11 in Botswana by capacity.

Botswana has 11 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 8,111 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates -21.378798, 27.440522 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Sese Integrated Power Project?

Sese Integrated Power Project is a 450 MW coal power plant in North-East, Botswana.

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