PANIPAT is a 710 MW coal power station in Haryana, India. It is operated by Haryana Power Generation Co Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 3,075 GWh, it can supply roughly 879k homes. It ranks #446 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. Its modelled annual emissions are 4,221,200 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 984k cars driven for a year. 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 IND0000321.
Data status
Known data
Modelled source data
Calculated from dataset
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 710 MW for Panipat power station, 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 · L100000102239; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 710 MW, PANIPAT is below the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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.
~4,221,200 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
Key facts
- Load factor
- 49%, from 3,075 GWh of reported generation; the median for 167 coal plants in India that report generation is 54%
- Generation trend
- 3,922 GWh in 2014 and 3,075 GWh in 2018 (−22%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2014: 3,922 GWh; 2015: 1,514 GWh
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 81 of 354 dated coal plants in India are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Reported generation trend
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Haryana Power Generation Co Ltd. All plants by this company →
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 29.4°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 87% 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: 18/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness 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 #401 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
- Panipat · Solar · 10 MW · Haryana
- Assan · Solar · 10 MW · Haryana
- IOCL Panipat Naphtha Cracker Captive cogeneration power plant · Gas · 238.4 MW · Haryana
- IOCL Panipat cogeneration power plant · Gas · 110 MW · Haryana
- Murthal WtE power station · Biomass · 8 MW · Haryana
- Narela Waste to Energy power station · Biomass · 24 MW · NCT
Location
Coordinates 29.3975, 76.8763 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is PANIPAT?
PANIPAT is a 710 MW coal power plant in Haryana, India, commissioned in 2000.
How much electricity does PANIPAT generate?
PANIPAT generates about 3,075 GWh of electricity per year.
Who operates PANIPAT?
PANIPAT is operated by Haryana Power Generation Co Ltd.
How much CO₂ does PANIPAT emit?
PANIPAT has modelled emissions of about 4,221,200 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).