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BADARPUR

Coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh, India. Approximate location 28.506, 77.3066.

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BADARPUR is a 705 MW coal power station in Uttar Pradesh, India. Based on reported annual generation of 1,268 GWh, it can supply roughly 362,285 homes. It ranks #192 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1977, it is around 49 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 70.8% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).

705MW installed capacity
1,268GWh reported / yr
362,285homes powered
1977commissioned (~49 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000019.

~1,268,000 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

295,571passenger cars driven for a year
165,363homes' yearly energy use
21,133,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2014: 2,936 GWh20142015: 2,013 GWh20152016: 1,511 GWh20162017: 1,395 GWh20172018: 1,268 GWh20183k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

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 28.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

25.0°Cannual mean temp
236heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,791cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
199 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 14 °CJF: 17 °CFM: 22 °CMA: 29 °CAM: 33 °CMJ: 34 °CJJ: 31 °CJA: 30 °CAS: 29 °CSO: 26 °CON: 20 °CND: 16 °CD34 °C

Heating degree-days here run 90% 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: 17/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #157 largest coal power plant of 395 in India by capacity.

India has 395 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 300,917 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 28.506, 77.3066 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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