Panki Thermal Power Station is a 660 MW coal power station in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is operated by U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 826k homes (estimated). It ranks #458 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1976, it is around 50 years old — long-established. 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 CT-5019.
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.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM wiki operating-unit table, summed from matched page, fetched 2026-07-05; fuel: Climate TRACE
In context: how this plant compares
At 660 MW, Panki Thermal Power Station 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.
Key facts
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 18 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)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in India
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam 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 hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 26.5°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 95% 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: 15/100 — 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 #406 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
- Bilhaur Super Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 1,320 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Jagdishpur captive power station · Coal · 500 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Anpara-E power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Bhognipur power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Amauli Fatehpur power station · Coal · 1,980 MW · Uttar Pradesh
- Ghatampur power station · Coal · 660 MW · Uttar Pradesh
Location
Coordinates 26.4766, 80.241 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Panki Thermal Power Station?
Panki Thermal Power Station is a 660 MW coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh, India, commissioned in 1976.
Who operates Panki Thermal Power Station?
Panki Thermal Power Station is operated by U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd.