ANPARA is a 2,630 MW coal power station in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is operated by UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (UPRVUNL). Based on reported annual generation of 18,698 GWh, it can supply roughly 5.3 million homes. It ranks #80 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. Its modelled annual emissions are 24,685,000 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 5.8 million cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 70.8% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000013.
Data status
Known data
Modelled source data
Calculated from dataset
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 1,630 MW for Anpara power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 2,630 MW, ANPARA is well above the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
~24,685,000 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
Key facts
- Load factor
- 81%, from 18,698 GWh of reported generation; the median for 167 coal plants in India that report generation is 54%
- Generation trend
- 9,671 GWh in 2014 and 18,698 GWh in 2018 (+93%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2018: 18,698 GWh; 2014: 9,671 GWh
- Share of India coal capacity
- 0.3% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 81 of 354 dated coal plants in India are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Reported generation trend
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (UPRVUNL). All plants by this company →
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 24.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 98% 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: 14/100 — 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
This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
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 #74 largest coal power plant of 713 in India by capacity.
India has 713 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 805,419 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- ANAPARA "C" · Coal · 1,200 MW · Madhya Pradesh
- SINGRAULI STPS · Coal · 2,000 MW · Madhya Pradesh
- VINDH_CHAL STPS · Coal · 4,760 MW · Madhya Pradesh
- Singrauli Solar Power Plant · Solar · 15 MW · Madhya Pradesh
- RIHAND · Coal · 3,000 MW · Madhya Pradesh
- Chitrangi Power Project · Coal · 3,960 MW · Madhya Pradesh
Location
Coordinates 24.201, 82.7891 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is ANPARA?
ANPARA is a 2,630 MW coal power plant in Madhya Pradesh, India, commissioned in 2000.
How much electricity does ANPARA generate?
ANPARA generates about 18,698 GWh of electricity per year.
Who operates ANPARA?
ANPARA is operated by UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (UPRVUNL).
How much CO₂ does ANPARA emit?
ANPARA has modelled emissions of about 24,685,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).