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Power plants in Namibia

13 power-plant records · 503 MW reported capacity

  • Solar 62%
  • Oil 23%
  • Coal 8%
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Namibia at a glance

Power-plant records
13
Reported capacity
503 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
97.6%
Most records
Solar, Oil
Grid operator
NamPower
Capital
Windhoek

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Ruacana240 MW
  2. 2Van Eck120 MW
  3. 3Arandis50 MW
  4. 4Paratus (Walvis)26 MW
  5. 5Anixas24 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 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.

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

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

State-owned NamPower generates, transmits and imports power; regional distributors (REDs) and municipalities serve customers.

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 Namibia generates electricity

Electricity generated1.6 TWh
Renewable share97.6%
Low-carbon share97.6%
Carbon intensity48.8 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro1 TWh
Wind0.02 TWh
Solar0.58 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0.04 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

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.

Capital
Windhoek
Languages
Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, 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 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.

13 lack an owner/operator; 13 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Namibia

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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.

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Arandis

Solar
50 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map
7 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map
5 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map
5 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map

Osona 

Solar
5 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map

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