KAWAS GT — India

KAWAS GT is a 656 MW gas power station in Gujarat, India. Based on reported annual generation of 2,428 GWh, it can supply roughly 694k homes. It ranks #465 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1992, it is around 34 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000190.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000401490; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 656 MW, KAWAS GT is well above the median gas plant in India (234.3 MW). 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.

Key facts

Load factor

42%, from 2,428 GWh of reported generation; the median for 41 gas plants in India that report generation is 29%

Generation trend

1,694 GWh in 2014 and 2,428 GWh in 2018 (+43%)

Highest and lowest year

2018: 2,428 GWh; 2015: 1,174 GWh

Share of India gas capacity

1.5% of 43,650 MW across 117 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

5 of 94 dated gas 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).

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 tropical savanna climate (Köppen As) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.2°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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~9% 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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #22 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

• Hazira power station (Reliance) · Gas · 682.2 MW · Gujarat
• KRIBHCO HAZIRA · Other · 102 MW · Gujarat
• HAZIRA-GSECL · Gas · 351.4 MW · Gujarat
• Hazira Gas Processing Complex Captive Power station · Gas · 51 MW · Gujarat
• Bhander power station · Gas · 500 MW · Gujarat
• ESSAR GT IMP. · Gas · 515 MW · Gujarat

Location

Coordinates 21.175, 72.6879 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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