Yayu power station is a 90 MW coal power plant in Oromia, Ethiopia. It ranks #11 of 15 Ethiopia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Ethiopia's electricity; the national grid averages 23 gCO₂/kWh (100.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_yayu_ethio.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
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
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
Ethiopia has 1 coal power plant in this dataset, together about 90 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Gilgel Gibe I · Hydro · 184 MW · Oromiya
- Gilgel Gibe III · Hydro · 1,870 MW · Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region
Location
Coordinates 8.37883, 35.93015 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Yayu power station?
Yayu power station is a 90 MW coal power plant in Oromia, Ethiopia.