Coal power plant in Tete, Mozambique. Approximate location -16.152201, 33.724858.
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Vulcan Moatize power station is a 300 MW coal power station in Tete, Mozambique. It is operated by Vulcan Mozambique SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 375k homes (estimated). It ranks #11 of 22 Mozambique power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Mozambique's electricity; the national grid averages 129 gCO₂/kWh (83.4% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_vulcanmoatize_mozam.
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 300 MW, Vulcan Moatize power station is below the median coal plant in Mozambique (570 MW). 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 Vulcan Mozambique SA [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 16.2°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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #7 largest coal power plant of 9 in Mozambique by capacity.
Mozambique has 9 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 6,320 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -16.152201, 33.724858 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Vulcan Moatize power station is a 300 MW coal power plant in Tete, Mozambique.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 375,428 homes (estimated).
Vulcan Moatize power station is operated by Vulcan Mozambique SA [100%].
