MELAMARUTHUR (MUTHIARA) is a 1,200 MW coal power station in Tamil Nadu, India. It ranks #329 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. 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 IND0000264.
Data status
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 1,200 MW, MELAMARUTHUR (MUTHIARA) is well above the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #308 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
- Mutiara Coastal Energen Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 1,200 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Arasadi · Solar · 10 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Tuticorin Smelter power station · Coal · 160 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Jaya power station · Coal · 450 MW · Tamil Nadu
- TUTICORIN · Coal · 1,050 MW · Tamil Nadu
- TUTICORIN- IND BARATH · Coal · 300 MW · Tamil Nadu
Location
Coordinates 8.9159, 78.1374 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is MELAMARUTHUR (MUTHIARA)?
MELAMARUTHUR (MUTHIARA) is a 1,200 MW coal power plant in Tamil Nadu, India, commissioned in 2015.