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Power plants in Eswatini

6 power-plant records · 95 MW reported capacity

  • Biomass 50%
  • Hydro 50%
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Eswatini at a glance

Power-plant records
6
Reported capacity
95 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
96.7%
Most records
Biomass, Hydro
Capital
Lobamba

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 Eswatini

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Local hydro and imports from South Africa and Mozambique supply power.

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

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

Eswatini Electricity Company, owned by the state, runs the grid.

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 Eswatini generates electricity

Electricity generated0.61 TWh
Renewable share96.7%
Low-carbon share96.7%
Carbon intensity131.2 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.35 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.03 TWh
Bioenergy0.21 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0.02 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0 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

Eswatini 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
Lobamba
Languages
English, Swazi
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 6 records for Eswatini. 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

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

6 lack an owner/operator; 6 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Eswatini

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Browse 6 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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