KUTCH LIG. is a 290 MW coal power station in Gujarat, India. Based on reported annual generation of 996 GWh, it can supply roughly 284k homes. It ranks #649 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1996, it is around 30 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 70.8% 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 IND0000222.
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.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 150 MW for Kutch GSECL power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102213; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 290 MW, KUTCH LIG. is below the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Load factor
- 39%, from 996 GWh of reported generation; the median for 167 coal plants in India that report generation is 54%
- Generation trend
- 1,394 GWh in 2014 and 996 GWh in 2018 (−29%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2014: 1,394 GWh; 2018: 996 GWh
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 70 of 354 dated coal 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 coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 23.7°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.
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 #521 largest coal power plant of 713 in India by capacity.
India has 713 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 805,419 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Kutch GSECL power station · Lignite · 150 MW · Gujarat
- Panandhro Solar Power Plant · Solar · 6.9 MW · Gujarat
- AKRIMOTA LIG · Coal · 250 MW · Gujarat
- Akrimota Power Project · Coal · 250 MW · Gujarat
- SEWAGRAM CEMENT PLANT · Coal · 57.5 MW · Gujarat
- Sanghipuram Cement power station · Coal · 130 MW · Gujarat
Location
Coordinates 23.6626, 68.7843 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is KUTCH LIG.?
KUTCH LIG. is a 290 MW coal power plant in Gujarat, India, commissioned in 1996.
How much electricity does KUTCH LIG. generate?
KUTCH LIG. generates about 996 GWh of electricity per year.