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Gobindpura power station — India

Coal power plant in Punjab, India. Approximate location 30.719984, 76.083426.

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Gobindpura power station is a 1,350 MW coal power station in Punjab, India. It ranks #199 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).

1,350MW installed capacity

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityGobindpura power station GEM-coal
CountryIndia · Punjab GEM-coal
Coordinates30.719984, 76.083426 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity1,350 MW GEM Global Coal Plant Tracker, January 2026; cancelled project
Verification noteGEM January 2026 tracker lists all five 270 MW units as cancelled. source-verified
OwnerPoena Power Ltd [100%] GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#199 / 2225 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#179 / 713 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.35× · 1,000 MW · n=713 calculated
Environmental severityC3 · 39/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

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 Global Coal Plant Tracker, January 2026; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,350 MW, Gobindpura power station is well above the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — 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 #179 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

Location

Coordinates 30.719984, 76.083426 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Gobindpura power station?

Gobindpura power station is a 1,350 MW coal power plant in Punjab, India.

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