Mukerian power station is a 1,320 MW coal power station in Punjab, India. It ranks #283 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. 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 GEM_coa_mukerian_india.
Data status
Known data
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM Global Coal Plant Tracker, January 2026; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 1,320 MW, Mukerian power station is well above the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — 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 #263 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
- MUKERIAN I -IV · Hydro · 207 MW · Punjab
- PONG · Hydro · 396 MW · Punjab
- Chadha Sugar power station · Biomass · 28.5 MW · Punjab
- U.B.D.C. ST.-I& II · Hydro · 91.3 MW · Kashmir
- RANJIT SAGAR · Hydro · 600 MW · Punjab
- Baba Bakala Sugar power station · Biomass · 34 MW · Punjab
Location
Coordinates 31.976137, 75.739532 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Mukerian power station?
Mukerian power station is a 1,320 MW coal power plant in Punjab, India, Cancelled 2018.