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KATHALGURI GT

Gas power plant in Assam, India. Approximate location 27.341, 95.408.

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KATHALGURI GT is a 291 MW gas power station in Assam, India. Based on reported annual generation of 1,596 GWh, it can supply roughly 456,114 homes. It ranks #354 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1996, it is around 30 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 2.3% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).

291MW installed capacity
1,596GWh reported / yr
456,114homes powered
1996commissioned (~30 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000188.

~638,560 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

148,848passenger cars driven for a year
83,276homes' yearly energy use
10,642,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical gas emission factor (~400 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: 1,696 GWh20142015: 1,713 GWh20152016: 1,531 GWh20162017: 1,558 GWh20172018: 1,596 GWh20182k GWh

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

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 27.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

23.1°Cannual mean temp
109heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,965cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
151 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 16 °CJF: 18 °CFM: 21 °CMA: 23 °CAM: 26 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 25 °CON: 21 °CND: 17 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 96% 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: 15/100 — 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~6% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 #35 largest gas power plant of 79 in India by capacity.

India has 79 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 28,926 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 27.341, 95.408 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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