Gombe power station

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Gombe power station is a cancelled power station in Wajari village, Yamaltu LGA, Gombe, Nigeria.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gombe power station	Wajari village, Yamaltu LGA, Gombe, Nigeria	10.216667, 11.383333 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	cancelled	coal - unknown	500	unknown	–	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Trombay Power Generation Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Coal source(s): Gombe

Background

In July 2012, the Nigeria Federal Government said that was planning to begin the survey for the construction of a coal-fired power station, as well as two others with a capacity of 1,000 MW in Enugu and Kogi states.

In 2012, it was also reported that the Nigerian federal government had entered into an agreement with a German firm to construct a 350 megawatt coal power plant in Gombe State.

In January 2015, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission said it had issued a fresh license to the private company, Trombay Power Generation Limited, to build and operate a 500 MW coal power plant in Gombe State. The plant would be fueled by deposits of coal in the Gombe axis of Nigeria's coal belt.

With no reported progress on the plant since 2015, the project appears to be shelved or abandoned.

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Additional data

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