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Abohar Biomass power station

Biomass power plant in Punjab, India. Approximate location 30.2368, 74.3444.

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Abohar Biomass power station is a 8 MW biomass power plant in Punjab, India. It is operated by DEE Development Engineers Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 11k homes (estimated). It ranks #1985 of 2,229 India power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 1.1% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).

8Legacy source-record capacity
11,012homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-5112.

Data status

Known data

FacilityAbohar Biomass power station Climate TRACE
CountryIndia · Punjab Climate TRACE
Coordinates30.2368, 74.3444 Climate TRACE
FuelBiomass Climate TRACE
MW installed capacity8 MW Climate TRACE source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerDEE Development Engineers Ltd Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#1985 of 2229 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#146 of 152 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.44× · 18 MW median · 152 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent11,012 calculated
Climate24.6°C · HDD 336 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC1 · 46/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: Climate TRACE source-record capacity (modelled/legacy); fuel: Climate TRACE source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 8 MW, Abohar Biomass power station is below the median biomass plant in India (18 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in India

Dhampur power station: 106 MW106Dhampur po…Shri Sai Priya Sugars power station: 65 MW65Shri Sai P…Asmoli power station: 51 MW51Asmoli pow…JAISALMER GODAWARI: 50 MW50JAISALMER …Ambasamudram power station: 50 MW50Ambasamudr…Jay Mahesh power station: 49 MW49Jay Mahesh…Pravara Nagar Mill power station: 47 MW47Pravara Na…Warana Sugar power station: 44 MW44Warana Sug…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by DEE Development Engineers Ltd.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 30.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

24.6°Cannual mean temp
336heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,749cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
191 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 16 °CFM: 21 °CMA: 27 °CAM: 32 °CMJ: 34 °CJJ: 32 °CJA: 31 °CAS: 30 °CSO: 26 °CON: 19 °CND: 15 °CD34 °C

Heating degree-days here run 86% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 18/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

C1ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
46/100environmental-severity index
21.5°Cseasonal temperature swing
959 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #146 largest biomass power plant of 152 in India by capacity.

India has 152 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 3,072 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 30.2368, 74.3444 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Abohar Biomass power station?

Abohar Biomass power station is a 8 MW source-record biomass power plant in Punjab, India.

How many homes can Abohar Biomass power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 11,012 homes (estimated).

Who operates Abohar Biomass power station?

Abohar Biomass power station is operated by DEE Development Engineers Ltd.

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