D.P.L. is a 660 MW coal power station in West Bengal, India. Based on reported annual generation of 2,099 GWh, it can supply roughly 600k homes. It ranks #455 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 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 IND0000087.
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
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 660 MW, D.P.L. 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
- 36%, from 2,099 GWh of reported generation; the median for 167 coal plants in India that report generation is 54%
- Generation trend
- 1,229 GWh in 2014 and 2,099 GWh in 2018 (+71%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2017: 2,258 GWh; 2014: 1,229 GWh
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 107 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 23.5°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 #403 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
- Durgapur Projects Limited power station · Coal · 550 MW · West Bengal
- DURGAPUR · Coal · 210 MW · West Bengal
- DURGAPUR RAMRUPAI · Coal · 35 MW · West Bengal
- DURGAPUR STEEL TPS · Coal · 1,000 MW · West Bengal
- Kanksha · Solar · 5 MW · West Bengal
- MEJIA · Coal · 1,340 MW · West Bengal
Location
Coordinates 23.5211, 87.3023 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is D.P.L.?
D.P.L. is a 660 MW coal power plant in West Bengal, India, commissioned in 2005.
How much electricity does D.P.L. generate?
D.P.L. generates about 2,099 GWh of electricity per year.