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CHHABRA TPS

Coal power plant in Rajasthan, India. Approximate location 24.6217, 77.0357.

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CHHABRA TPS is a 2,320 MW coal power station in Rajasthan, India. It is operated by Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (RVUNL). Based on reported annual generation of 9,478 GWh, it can supply roughly 2,708,000 homes. It ranks #25 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 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).

2,320MW installed capacity
9,478GWh reported / yr
2,708,000homes powered
2015commissioned (~11 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000081.

~9,478,000 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

2,209,324passenger cars driven for a year
1,236,046homes' yearly energy use
157,966,667tree 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: 4,088 GWh20142015: 3,992 GWh20152016: 6,134 GWh20162017: 6,871 GWh20172018: 9,478 GWh20189k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (RVUNL).

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 24.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

25.9°Cannual mean temp
10heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,917cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
400 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 18 °CJF: 20 °CFM: 26 °CMA: 31 °CAM: 35 °CMJ: 33 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 26 °CON: 22 °CND: 18 °CD35 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% 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: 13/100 — 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 #25 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 24.6217, 77.0357 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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