K_GUDEM NEW — India

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 2.5 million homes. It ranks #146 of 2,225 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).

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

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102598; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,800 MW, K_GUDEM NEW is well above the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). 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.

Key facts

Load factor

55%, from 8,634 GWh of reported generation, in line with the 54% median for 167 coal plants in India

Generation trend

6,792 GWh in 2014 and 8,634 GWh in 2018 (+27%)

Highest and lowest year

2018: 8,634 GWh; 2016: 6,062 GWh

Share of India coal capacity

0.2% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

152 of 354 dated coal plants in India are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Reported generation trend

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.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #134 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

• K_GUDEM · Coal · 720 MW · Telangana
• Kothagudem Thermal Power Station · Coal · 1,800 MW · Telangana
• Paloncha power station · Coal · 244 MW · Telangana
• HWP Manuguru power station · Coal · 90 MW · Telangana
• Manuguru · Solar · 12 MW · Telangana
• Bhadradri power station · Coal · 1,080 MW · Telangana

Location

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

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