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Power plants in tropical climate zones

This open dataset places 5,169 power plants in tropical Köppen-Geiger climate zones, totalling about 1,657,668 MW of capacity. Across the 303 with an asset-level CO₂ figure, emissions reach about 583 Mt CO₂/yr, at a median intensity of about 3,371 t CO₂ per MW of combustion capacity. The most common plant type in this zone is hydro.

5,169power plants
1,657,668MW capacity
303with CO₂ data
3,371median t CO₂ / MW

Plant types in tropical zones

Hydro: 874 plants874HydroGas: 868 plants868GasCoal: 853 plants853CoalOil: 719 plants719OilSolar: 703 plants703SolarBiomass: 618 plants618BiomassWind: 364 plants364WindOther: 67 plants67Other

Climate class: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). Backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

TAMNAR TPP: 24.2 Mt CO2/yr24.2TAMNAR TPPTiroda Thermal Power Project: 18.7 Mt CO2/yr18.7Tiroda The…MEJIA: 15.1 Mt CO2/yr15.1MEJIAChandrapur Thermal Power Station: 14.9 Mt CO2/yr14.9Chandrapur…Shree Singaji Thermal Power Project: 14.2 Mt CO2/yr14.2Shree Sing…KORADI: 13.1 Mt CO2/yr13.1KORADIDr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal power station: 12.5 Mt CO2/yr12.5Dr. Narla …Sagardighi Thermal Power Station: 12.4 Mt CO2/yr12.4Sagardighi…Jharsuguda Sterlite power station: 12.1 Mt CO2/yr12.1Jharsuguda…Ib Valley Thermal Power Station: 11.8 Mt CO2/yr11.8Ib Valley …

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per source.

Largest plants in tropical zones

#PlantFuelCountryMW
1Jaitapur nuclear power plantNuclearIndia10,380
2Simon Bolivar (Guri)HydroVenezuela10,200
3Millenium power stationGasVietnam9,600
4TucuruíHydroBrazil8,535
5Kovvada nuclear power plantNuclearIndia7,500
6Nakasongola nuclear power plantNuclearUganda7,200
7Navotas LNG power stationGasPhilippines6,492
8Ontimavadi power stationCoalIndia6,300
9Ca Na power stationGasVietnam6,000
10Embark-Quantum power stationGasVietnam6,000
11My Giang power stationGasVietnam6,000
12Haripur nuclear power plantNuclearIndia6,000
13PLTU Paiton I Unit 7 & 8CoalIndonesia5,355
14Song Hau Thermal Power PlantCoalVietnam5,200
15EDC Combined Cycle power stationGasCambodia4,800

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Power plants by Köppen climate zone — Tropical. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE and Köppen-Geiger/WorldClim (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/climate/tropical/

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