BHILAI TPP is a 500 MW coal power station in Chhattisgarh, India. Based on reported annual generation of 3,139 GWh, it can supply roughly 897k homes. It ranks #533 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 years old — relatively modern. 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 IND0000054.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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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 560 MW for Bhilai Steel 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: GEM · 2026 · L100000102132; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 500 MW, BHILAI TPP is below the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). 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.
Key facts
- Load factor
- 72%, from 3,139 GWh of reported generation; the median for 167 coal plants in India that report generation is 54%
- Generation trend
- 2,963 GWh in 2014 and 3,139 GWh in 2018 (+6%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2017: 3,591 GWh; 2014: 2,963 GWh
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 131 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).
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.
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 #463 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
- Bhilai Steel power station · Coal · 500 MW · Chhattisgarh
- Durg Ecofren Biomass power station · Biomass · 8 MW · Chhattisgarh
- DURG SPONGE IRON · Coal · 12.8 MW · Chhattisgarh
- Raipur Jain power station · Coal · 65 MW · Chhattisgarh
- Civil Lines · Solar · 10 MW · Chhattisgarh
- Rajpur · Solar · 100 MW · Chhattisgarh
Location
Coordinates 21.184, 81.4237 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is BHILAI TPP?
BHILAI TPP is a 500 MW coal power plant in Chhattisgarh, India, commissioned in 2008.
How much electricity does BHILAI TPP generate?
BHILAI TPP generates about 3,139 GWh of electricity per year.