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LARGI

Hydro power plant in Himachal Pradesh, India. Approximate location 31.7196, 77.212.

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LARGI is a 126 MW hydro power station in Himachal Pradesh, India. Based on reported annual generation of 591 GWh, it can supply roughly 168,828 homes. It ranks #478 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2006, it is around 20 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 8.6% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).

126MW installed capacity
591GWh reported / yr
168,828homes powered
2006commissioned (~20 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000229.

Reported generation trend

2014: 607 GWh20142015: 654 GWh20152016: 609 GWh20162017: 609 GWh20172018: 591 GWh2018654 GWh

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

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 31.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.0°Cannual mean temp
2,214heating degree-days (base 18°C)
24cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
2,421 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 3 °CJF: 4 °CFM: 9 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 13 °CON: 9 °CND: 6 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 10% 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: 46/100 — this site sits in the mid 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.

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 #83 largest hydro power plant of 233 in India by capacity.

India has 233 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,562 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 31.7196, 77.212 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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