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KONDAPALLI GT

Gas power plant in Andhra Pradesh, India. Approximate location 16.64, 80.5504.

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KONDAPALLI GT is a 1,458 MW gas power station in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is operated by LANCO Kondapalli Power Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 1,630 GWh, it can supply roughly 465,657 homes. It ranks #68 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 1,177,680 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 274,517 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 2.3% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).

1,458MW installed capacity
1,630GWh reported / yr
465,657homes powered
1,177,680t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2009commissioned (~17 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000206.

1,177,680 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

274,517passenger cars driven for a year
153,584homes' yearly energy use
19,628,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2014: 559 GWh20142015: 2,025 GWh20152016: 2,211 GWh20162017: 644 GWh20172018: 1,630 GWh20182k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by LANCO Kondapalli Power Ltd.

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 Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 16.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

28.4°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,782cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
50 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 24 °CJF: 26 °CFM: 29 °CMA: 31 °CAM: 34 °CMJ: 32 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 29 °CAS: 29 °CSO: 28 °CON: 26 °CND: 24 °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.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #3 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 16.64, 80.5504 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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