Sua Pan Soda Ash is a 14 MW coal power plant in North East, Botswana. It ranks #12 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023018.
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: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 14 MW, Sua Pan Soda Ash 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 #11 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
- Francistown APR power station · Oil · 70 MW · Francistown
- Sese Integrated Power Project · Coal · 450 MW · North-East
- Gwayi Mine power station · Coal · 600 MW · Bulawayo
- Gwayi power station (Shanghai) · Coal · 1,200 MW · Bulawayo
- Bulawayo power station · Coal · 90 MW · Bulawayo
Location
Coordinates -21.1667, 27.5167 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Sua Pan Soda Ash?
Sua Pan Soda Ash is a 14 MW coal power plant in North East, Botswana.