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Mufulira Nchanga — 10 MW Oil

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Mufulira Nchanga is a 10 MW oil power plant located in Zambia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
10 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
ZESCO

Operator

Location
-12.55, 28.23

Coordinates

Insights

#15
largest in %s
#1,233
largest %s worldwide
#23,756
largest worldwide
12
operated by %s
4
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
10 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
ZESCO
Country
ZMB
Coordinates
-12.550, 28.233

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
22,776 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
683,280 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

4,951
cars / year
3,037
homes / year
1M
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Ndola

Zambia · Oil

50MW

Nkana

Zambia · Oil

20MW

Bancroft Copperbelt

Zambia · Oil

20MW

Luanshya Nchanga

Zambia · Oil

15MW

About this plant

Mufulira Nchanga is a 10 MW oil-fired power plant in Zambia, operated by ZESCO since its commissioning.

Ranked #7 of 7 oil plants in Zambia, this facility represents 5.9% of Zambia’s total oil capacity of 170 MW. The largest oil plant in Zambia is Ndola at 50 MW, making Mufulira Nchanga 5 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Ndola (50 MW, Oil), Nkana (20 MW, Oil), and Bancroft Copperbelt (20 MW, Oil). The facility is located in the Copperbelt Province, approximately 50 km from the nearest major city, Ndola.

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