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K_GUDEM NEW

Coal power plant in Telangana, India. Approximate location 17.6219, 80.6936.

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K_GUDEM NEW is a 1,800 MW coal power station in Telangana, India. It is operated by Telangana State Power Generation Corp (TGGENCO). Based on reported annual generation of 8,634 GWh, it can supply roughly 2,466,714 homes. It ranks #43 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 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).

1,800MW installed capacity
8,634GWh reported / yr
2,466,714homes powered
2010commissioned (~16 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000164.

~8,633,500 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

2,012,471passenger cars driven for a year
1,125,913homes' yearly energy use
143,891,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2014: 6,792 GWh20142015: 6,108 GWh20152016: 6,062 GWh20162017: 6,577 GWh20172018: 8,634 GWh20189k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Telangana State Power Generation Corp (TGGENCO).

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 17.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

28.0°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,659cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
107 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 24 °CJF: 26 °CFM: 30 °CMA: 32 °CAM: 34 °CMJ: 32 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 27 °CON: 24 °CND: 23 °CD34 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #38 largest coal power plant of 395 in India by capacity.

India has 395 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 300,917 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 17.6219, 80.6936 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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