Nimbera is a 17.3 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan, India. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 7.4k homes (estimated). It ranks #1623 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 9.4% 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 WKS0064518.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 17 MW for Nimbera solar project, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000829980; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 17.3 MW, Nimbera is around the median solar plant in India (16.2 MW). Technically it is described as Assumed PV. Solar PV converts sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts or fuel; output varies by time of day and weather, so it pairs with storage or flexible backup.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of India solar capacity
- less than 0.1% of 25,883 MW across 849 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 108 of 321 dated solar plants in India are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest solar plants in India
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 25.6°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 98% 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: 14/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
Solar PV loses ~0.35%/°C above 25°C cell temperature — roughly 3.3% at warm-season highs here (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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion 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 #418 largest solar power plant of 849 in India by capacity.
India has 849 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 25,883 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Agucha Mine · Solar · 22 MW · Rajasthan
- Gulabpura Solar Power Plant · Solar · 5 MW · Rajasthan
- BILIYAKALAN PLANT · Biomass · 10 MW · Rajasthan
- NITIN PLANT · Coal · 10.5 MW · Rajasthan
- SHREE MEGA POWER · Coal · 300 MW · Rajasthan
- CHANDERIA SMELTER · Coal · 234 MW · Rajasthan
Location
Coordinates 25.65, 74.87 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Nimbera?
Nimbera is a 17.3 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan, India, commissioned in 2017.