GAJ is a 10.5 MW hydro power plant in Himachal Pradesh, India. It ranks #1809 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 8.6% 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 IND0000119.
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.
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 10.5 MW, GAJ is below the median hydro plant in India (80 MW). Technically it is described as run-of-river. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #211 largest hydro power plant of 233 in India by capacity.
India has 233 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,527 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- BANER · Hydro · 12 MW · Himachal Pradesh
- CHAMERA II · Hydro · 300 MW · Himachal Pradesh
- CHAMERA-III · Hydro · 231 MW · Himachal Pradesh
- BUDHIL · Hydro · 70 MW · Himachal Pradesh
- BINWA · Hydro · 6 MW · Himachal Pradesh
- PONG · Hydro · 396 MW · Punjab
Location
Coordinates 32.2417, 76.2787 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is GAJ?
GAJ is a 10.5 MW hydro power plant in Himachal Pradesh, India, Shelved 1996.