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LAKWA GT

Gas power plant in Assam, India. Approximate location 27.0221, 94.8833.

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LAKWA GT is a 212 MW gas power station in Assam, India. Based on reported annual generation of 841 GWh, it can supply roughly 240,171 homes. It ranks #410 of 1,908 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).

212MW installed capacity
841GWh reported / yr
240,171homes powered
2002commissioned (~24 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000228.

~336,240 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

78,378passenger cars driven for a year
43,850homes' yearly energy use
5,604,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2014: 855 GWh20142015: 870 GWh20152016: 823 GWh20162017: 614 GWh20172018: 841 GWh2018870 GWh

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.

23.2°Cannual mean temp
100heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,013cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
158 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 16 °CJF: 18 °CFM: 21 °CMA: 24 °CAM: 26 °CMJ: 28 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 25 °CON: 21 °CND: 17 °CD28 °C

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.

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 ~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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #44 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 27.0221, 94.8833 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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