Western Coal and Energy power station is a 600 MW coal power station in Harare, Zimbabwe. It is operated by Western Coal and Energy Co [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 751k homes (estimated). It ranks #15 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_westerncoaland_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 600 MW, Western Coal and Energy power station is around the median coal plant in Zimbabwe (600 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 Western Coal and Energy Co [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 17.8°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 #14 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 -17.833333, 31.05 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Western Coal and Energy power station is a 600 MW coal power plant in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 750,857 homes (estimated).
Western Coal and Energy power station is operated by Western Coal and Energy Co [100%].
