Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
Across the 294 India power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 905 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Mundra Thermal Power Project (Adani) (coal), accounts for about 3% of that 294-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — Adani Power Ltd, Damodar Valley Corp, Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd — control roughly 15% of that 294-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a tropical Köppen climate zone.
CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaitapur nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 9,900 |
| 2 | Kovvada nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 7,500 |
| 3 | Ontimavadi power station | Coal | 6,300 |
| 4 | Haripur nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 6,000 |
| 5 | Welspun Mega Industrial & Energy Park | Coal | 5,280 |
| 6 | Darlipali power station | Coal | 4,800 |
| 7 | VINDH_CHAL STPS | Coal | 4,760 |
| 8 | MUNDRA TPP | Coal | 4,620 |
| 9 | Mundra Thermal Power Project (Adani) | Coal | 4,620 |
| 10 | MUNDRA UMPP | Coal | 4,000 |
| 11 | Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project | Coal | 4,000 |
| 12 | Yadadri power station | Coal | 4,000 |
| 13 | Basundhara power station | Coal | 4,000 |
| 14 | Bihar Ultra Mega Power Project | Coal | 4,000 |
| 15 | Cheyyur Ultra Mega Power Project | Coal | 4,000 |
| 16 | Deoghar Ultra Mega Power Project | Coal | 4,000 |
| 17 | Devgad UMPP | Coal | 4,000 |
| 18 | Gajamara Ultra Mega Power Project | Coal | 4,000 |
| 19 | Ghogarpalli Ultra Mega Power Project | Coal | 4,000 |
| 20 | Girye Ultra Mega Power Project | Coal | 4,000 |
Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — India. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/india/
There are 2,225 power plants in India in this open dataset, with about 976,157 MW of total capacity.
Jaitapur nuclear power plant is the largest at about 9,900 MW (nuclear).
The most common plant type in this dataset is solar (849 plants), across 10 fuel types in total.
India's grid carbon intensity is about 670 gCO₂/kWh, with 26.7% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
Power plants in India