Kattupalli power station is a 900 MW gas power station in Tamil Nadu, India. It ranks #414 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 2.3% 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 GOGPT_kattupalli_india.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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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 GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 900 MW, Kattupalli power station is well above the median gas plant in India (234.3 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #10 largest gas power plant of 117 in India by capacity.
India has 117 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 43,650 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- North Chennai Thermal Power Station · Coal · 2,630 MW · Tamil Nadu
- NORTH CHENNAI · Coal · 630 MW · Tamil Nadu
- NORTH CHENNAI EXTENSION · Coal · 1,200 MW · Tamil Nadu
- VALLUR ntpc/ntecl · Coal · 1,500 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Vallur Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 1,500 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Ennore SEZ Super Critical Thermal Power Project (Vayalur) · Coal · 1,320 MW · Tamil Nadu
Location
Coordinates 13.258618, 80.340732 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
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Kattupalli power station is a 900 MW gas power plant in Tamil Nadu, India.