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Power plants in Zambia

A directory of 15 power plants in Zambia with a combined installed capacity of 2,689 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

15power plants
2,689MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Zambia)

Oil: 7 plants7OilHydro: 5 plants5HydroSolar: 1 plants1SolarCoal: 1 plants1CoalBiomass: 1 plants1Biomass

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Zambia electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

120gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
87.5%low-carbon electricity
87.5%renewables
12.5%fossil fuels
Hydro: 86 % of electricity86HydroCoal: 11 % of electricity11CoalOil: 2 % of electricity2OilSolar: 1 % of electricity1SolarBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0Bioenergy

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Zambia

#PlantFuelMW
1Kafue GorgeHydro990
2KaribaHydro930
3Maamba plantCoal300
4Itezhi- TezhiHydro120
5Victoria FallsHydro108
6NdolaOil50
7KafueSolar48
8LuanoOil40
9Bancroft CopperbeltOil20
10NkanaOil20
11LusakaOil15
12Luanshya NchangaOil15
13Nakambala SugarBiomass12
14LusiwasiHydro12
15Mufulira NchangaOil10

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