BRAMHAPURAM DG is a 60 MW oil power plant in Kerala, India. Based on reported annual generation of 0 GWh, it can supply roughly 85 homes. It ranks #999 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1997, it is around 29 years old — long-established. In context, oil supplies about 0.2% 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 IND0000067.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408398; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 60 MW, BRAMHAPURAM DG is below the median oil plant in India (81.5 MW). Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Load factor
- 0%, from 0 GWh of reported generation
- Generation trend
- 8 GWh in 2014 and 0 GWh in 2018 (−96%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2015: 13 GWh; 2018: 0 GWh
- Share of India oil capacity
- 2.8% of 2,134 MW across 21 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 5 of 13 dated oil 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 oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 10.0°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #15 largest oil power plant of 21 in India by capacity.
India has 21 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 2,134 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Brahmapuram Diesel power station · Oil · 64 MW · Kerala
- KOCHI REFINERY · Other · 180.3 MW · Kerala
- BSES Kerala CCGT · Gas · 165 MW · Kerala
- Cochin COK II · Solar · 10 MW · Kerala
- Cochin COK · Solar · 12 MW · Kerala
- IDAMALAYAR · Hydro · 75 MW · Kerala
Location
Coordinates 9.9975, 76.3744 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is BRAMHAPURAM DG?
BRAMHAPURAM DG is a 60 MW oil power plant in Kerala, India, commissioned in 1997.
How much electricity does BRAMHAPURAM DG generate?
BRAMHAPURAM DG generates about 0 GWh of electricity per year.