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Power plants in Botswana

2 power-plant records · 746 MW reported capacity

  • Coal 100%
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Botswana at a glance

Power-plant records
2
Reported capacity
746 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
0.3%
Most records
Coal
Capital
Gaborone

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Morpule732 MW
  2. 2Sua Pan Soda Ash14 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 Botswana

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

The Morupule coal plants supply most power, with imports and new solar.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

  • BERAEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

Botswana Power Corporation, owned by the state, runs generation and the network.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

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 “Vertically integrated utility” mean?

A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.

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 Botswana generates electricity

Electricity generated3.4 TWh
Renewable share0.29%
Low-carbon share0.29%
Carbon intensity851.3 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.01 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal3.4 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.05 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

Botswana is in Southern Africa. Its landlocked geography makes cross-border connections an important part of its regional setting. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Gaborone
Languages
English, Tswana
Region
Southern 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 2 records for Botswana. 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

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

1 lack an owner/operator; 2 lack a commissioning year.

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Browse 2 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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