Union Peak Thermal Kwekwe power station is a 100 MW coal power station in Midlands, Zimbabwe. It is operated by Union Peak Thermal Zim Pvt Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 125k homes (estimated). It ranks #22 of 25 Zimbabwe power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 42.9% of Zimbabwe's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (57.1% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_unionpeakthermalkwek_zimba.
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 100 MW, Union Peak Thermal Kwekwe power station is below the median coal plant in Zimbabwe (600 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Union Peak Thermal Zim Pvt Ltd [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 18.9°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 #18 largest coal power plant of 21 in Zimbabwe by capacity.
Zimbabwe has 21 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 15,630 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -18.883151, 29.79329 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Union Peak Thermal Kwekwe power station is a 100 MW coal power plant in Midlands, Zimbabwe.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 125,142 homes (estimated).
Union Peak Thermal Kwekwe power station is operated by Union Peak Thermal Zim Pvt Ltd [100%].
