ZMB

Nkana — 20 MW Oil

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Nkana is a 20 MW oil power plant located in Zambia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
20 MW

Installed

Commissioned

Year online

Owner
ZESCO

Operator

Location
-12.82, 28.20

Coordinates

Insights

#9
largest in Zambia
#931
largest Oil worldwide
#19,003
largest worldwide
12
operated by ZESCO
4
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
20 MW
Commissioned
Status
Operational
Owner
ZESCO
Country
ZMB
Coordinates
-12.817, 28.200

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
45,552 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1,366,560 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

9,903
cars / year
6,074
homes / year
2,070,545
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Woods Hill Solar is a 20 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by Woods Hill Solar LLC since 2019.

Ranked #302 of 3,289 solar plants in the United States. Its 20 MW represents 0.05% of the United States’ total solar capacity of 40,823 MW. The largest solar plant in the United States is Sandstone Solar Energy Project at 2,000 MW, making Woods Hill Solar 100 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Lake Road Generating Plant (840 MW, Gas) and Rhode Island State Energy Center (596 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Rhode Island, approximately 60 km south of Boston.

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