Ennore Thermal Power Station is a 1,770 MW coal power station in Tamil Nadu, India. It ranks #151 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. 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 CT-5018.
Data status
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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 wiki unit-level table, historical/all-units fallback when no operating units, fetched 2026-07-05; fuel: Climate TRACE
In context: how this plant compares
At 1,770 MW, Ennore Thermal Power Station is well above the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #139 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
- VALLUR ntpc/ntecl · Coal · 1,500 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Vallur Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 1,500 MW · Tamil Nadu
- MANALI REFINERY · Oil · 127.9 MW · Tamil Nadu
- NORTH CHENNAI · Coal · 630 MW · Tamil Nadu
- NORTH CHENNAI EXTENSION · Coal · 1,200 MW · Tamil Nadu
- North Chennai Thermal Power Station · Coal · 2,630 MW · Tamil Nadu
Location
Coordinates 13.198, 80.3104 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Ennore Thermal Power Station?
Ennore Thermal Power Station is a 1,770 MW coal power plant in Tamil Nadu, India, Construction 1970.