LAKWA GT — India

LAKWA GT is a 212 MW gas power station in Assam, India. Based on reported annual generation of 841 GWh, it can supply roughly 240k homes. It ranks #713 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2002, it is around 24 years old — relatively modern. 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 IND0000228.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 212 MW, LAKWA GT is around 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

45%, from 841 GWh of reported generation; the median for 41 gas plants in India that report generation is 29%

Generation trend

855 GWh in 2014 and 841 GWh in 2018 (−2%)

Highest and lowest year

2015: 870 GWh; 2017: 614 GWh

Share of India gas capacity

0.5% of 43,650 MW across 117 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

37 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 humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 27.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 96% 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: 15/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~6% 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 a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness 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 #67 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

• Lakwa Replacement power station · Gas · 69.8 MW · Assam
• BCPL Captive power plant · Gas · 86.5 MW · Assam
• NAMRUP GT · Gas · 161.8 MW · Assam
• Assam Gas Based power station · Gas · 291 MW · Assam
• KATHALGURI GT · Gas · 291 MW · Assam
• Borgolai power station · Coal · 250 MW · Assam

Location

Coordinates 27.0221, 94.8833 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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