Namibia has 13 power plants in this atlas, with 503 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Ruacana (240 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are solar, oil and coal. Grid operators listed here include NamPower. Electricity is regulated by Electricity Control Board. Renewables supplied 97.6% of its electricity in 2024.
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.
Grid operators and electricity market in Namibia
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
Ruacana hydro plus imports from South Africa and Zambia supply most power; a modified single-buyer market lets some customers buy directly from producers.
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.
Namibia is in Southern 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.
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 13 records for Namibia. 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
13 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 13 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
