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Lusaka — 15 MW Oil

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Lusaka is a 15 MW oil power plant located in Zambia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
15 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
ZESCO

Operator

Location
-15.43, 28.33

Coordinates

Insights

#11
largest in %s
#1,054
largest %s worldwide
#21,166
largest worldwide
12
operated by %s
3
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
15 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
ZESCO
Country
ZMB
Coordinates
-15.433, 28.333

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
34,164 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

7,427
cars / year
4,555
homes / year
1.6M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

Kafue Gorge

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990MW · 1971

Kariba

Zambia · Hydroelectric

930MW · 1959

Kafue

Zambia · Solar

48MW

Nakambala Sugar

Zambia · Biomass

12MW

About this plant

Lusaka is a 15 MW oil-fired power plant in Zambia, operated by ZESCO since its commissioning.
Ranked #5 of 7 oil plants in Zambia, Lusaka’s 15 MW represents 8.84% of Zambia’s total oil capacity of 170 MW. The largest oil plant in Zambia is Ndola at 50 MW, making Lusaka 3.3 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Kafue Gorge (990 MW, Hydro) and Kafue (47.5 MW, Solar). The facility is located in the Lusaka Province, approximately 15 km from the capital city, Lusaka.

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