Kovvada nuclear power plant — India

Kovvada nuclear power plant is a 7,500 MW nuclear power station in Andhra Pradesh, India. It ranks #2 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 2.6% 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 GEM_nuc_kovvada_india.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (pre-construction); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 7,500 MW, Kovvada nuclear power plant is well above the median nuclear plant in India (1,840 MW). Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest nuclear power plant of 17 in India by capacity.

India has 17 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 44,940 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Jharupudi power station · Coal · 140 MW · Andhra Pradesh
• Sree Siva Satyadeva Power Plant · Coal · 2,000 MW · Andhra Pradesh
• VBC Ferro Alloys Bodepalli plant · Coal · 120 MW · Andhra Pradesh
• Sankili Sugar Biomass power station · Biomass · 16 MW · Andhra Pradesh
• Srikakulam Thermal Power Station · Coal · 4,000 MW · Andhra Pradesh
• Visakhapatnam Sarda power station · Coal · 84 MW · Andhra Pradesh

Location

Coordinates 18.1136, 83.7117 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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