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Power plants in India

A directory of 1,908 power plants in India with a combined installed capacity of 436,411 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

1,908power plants
436,411MW total capacity
9fuel types
348with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (India)

Solar: 851 plants851SolarCoal: 395 plants395CoalHydro: 233 plants233HydroBiomass: 152 plants152BiomassWind: 108 plants108WindGas: 79 plants79GasOther: 61 plants61OtherOil: 20 plants20Oil

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

India electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

670gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
26.7%low-carbon electricity
24.1%renewables
73.3%fossil fuels
Coal: 71 % of electricity71CoalSolar: 9 % of electricity9SolarHydro: 9 % of electricity9HydroWind: 5 % of electricity5WindNuclear: 3 % of electricity3NuclearGas: 2 % of electricity2GasBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1BioenergyOil: 0 % of electricity0Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in India

#PlantFuelMW
1VINDH_CHAL STPSCoal4,760
2MUNDRA TPPCoal4,620
3Mundra Thermal Power Project (Adani)Coal4,620
4MUNDRA UMPPCoal4,000
5Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power ProjectCoal4,000
6SASAN UMPPCoal3,960
7TIRORA TPPCoal3,300
8Tiroda Thermal Power ProjectCoal3,300
9RIHANDCoal3,000
10TALCHER STPSCoal3,000
11SIPAT STPSCoal2,980
12CHANDRAPUR_CoalCoal2,920
13Chandrapur Thermal Power StationCoal2,920
14ANPARACoal2,630
15KORBA STPSCoal2,600
16R_GUNDEM STPSCoal2,600
17Dr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal power stationCoal2,560
18Shri Singaji MALWA TPPCoal2,520
19Shree Singaji Thermal Power ProjectCoal2,520
20KORADICoal2,400

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Solar (851)Coal (395)Hydro (233)Biomass (152)Wind (108)Gas (79)Other (61)Oil (20)Nuclear (9)