INDIRA SAGAR — India

INDIRA SAGAR is a 1,000 MW hydro power station in Madhya Pradesh, India. It ranks #384 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 IND0000151.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000601886; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,000 MW, INDIRA SAGAR is well above the median hydro plant in India (80 MW). Technically it is described as pumped storage. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #8 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

• Shree Singaji Thermal Power Project · Coal · 2,520 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• Shri Singaji MALWA TPP · Coal · 2,520 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• OMKARESHWAR · Hydro · 520 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• Khandwa power station (Era Infra) · Coal · 1,320 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• Khandwa power station (Dwarkesh Energy) · Coal · 1,320 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• Devaldi power station · Coal · 1,000 MW · Madhya Pradesh

Location

Coordinates 22.2887, 76.4696 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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