Jaunpur captive power station is a 40 MW coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh, India. It ranks #1231 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2011, it is around 15 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 GEM_coa_jaunpurcaptive_india.
Data status
Known data
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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: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 40 MW, Jaunpur captive power station is below the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — 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 #667 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
- Naini Solar Power Plant · Solar · 6.4 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Karchana Ultra Mega Power Project · Coal · 4,000 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Allahabad Rattan · Solar · 50 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Karchana Thermal Power Project · Coal · 1,980 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Mirzapur · Solar · 75 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Meja Thermal Power Project · Coal · 1,320 MW · Uttar Pradesh
Location
Coordinates 25.651055, 82.228647 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Jaunpur captive power station?
Jaunpur captive power station is a 40 MW coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh, India, commissioned in 2011.