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Power plants in Angola

14 power-plant records · 1,071 MW reported capacity

  • Oil 43%
  • Hydro 36%
  • Gas 21%
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Angola at a glance

Power-plant records
14
Reported capacity
1,071 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
73.7%
Most records
Oil, Hydro
Capital
Luanda

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Capanda520 MW
  2. 2Cambambe180 MW
  3. 3Cazenga132 MW
  4. 4Luanda Diesel58 MW
  5. 5Matala40 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Angola

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Large hydro dams on the Kwanza river supply most power.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

State companies PRODEL (generation), RNT (transmission and single buyer) and ENDE (distribution) run the system.

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

  • Southern African Power PoolRegional grid

    Member of the Southern African Power Pool, which links national utilities across southern Africa and runs regional day-ahead and intraday electricity markets.

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Angola generates electricity

Electricity generated15.6 TWh
Renewable share73.7%
Low-carbon share73.7%
Carbon intensity185.4 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro11 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.44 TWh
Bioenergy0.05 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas1.4 TWh
Other fossil2.7 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Angola is in Middle Africa. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Luanda
Languages
Portuguese
Region
Middle Africa

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 14 records for Angola. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

14 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

14 lack an owner/operator; 14 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Angola

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Browse 14 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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