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Power plants in Zimbabwe

2 power-plant records · 1,670 MW reported capacity

  • Coal 50%
  • Hydro 50%
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Zimbabwe at a glance

Power-plant records
2
Reported capacity
1,670 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
57.1%
Most records
Coal, Hydro
Grid operator
ZETDC
Capital
Harare

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Hwange Coal Power Plant Zimbabwe920 MW
  2. 2Kariba Dam South Hydroelectric Power Station Zimbabwe750 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 Zimbabwe

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Kariba hydro and the Hwange coal plant supply power; drought and plant failures cause long outages.

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

Who regulates

  • ZERAEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned ZESA holdings run generation (ZPC) and the grid (ZETDC).

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 Zimbabwe generates electricity

Electricity generated10.3 TWh
Renewable share57.1%
Low-carbon share57.1%
Carbon intensity384 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro5.7 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.04 TWh
Bioenergy0.12 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal4.4 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

Zimbabwe is in Eastern 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
Harare
Languages
Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Ndau, Northern Ndebele, Chewa, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zimbabwean Sign Language
Region
Eastern 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 Zimbabwe. 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.

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

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Zimbabwe

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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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MW measures rated capacity, not electricity generated. Records may describe units, installations, projects or whole complexes. Review inventory coverage and licenses. Download this country’s records.