PRYAGRAJ (BARA) TPP — India

PRYAGRAJ (BARA) TPP is a 1,980 MW coal power station in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is operated by Tata Power (Resurgent Power / Prayagraj Power Generation Co). Based on reported annual generation of 7,200 GWh, it can supply roughly 2.1 million homes. It ranks #122 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 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 IND0000346.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102616; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,980 MW, PRYAGRAJ (BARA) TPP is well above the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). 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

Load factor

42%, from 7,200 GWh of reported generation; the median for 167 coal plants in India that report generation is 54%

Generation trend

220 GWh in 2015 and 7,200 GWh in 2018 (+3180%)

Highest and lowest year

2018: 7,200 GWh; 2015: 220 GWh

Share of India coal capacity

0.2% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

294 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 Tata Power (Resurgent Power / Prayagraj Power Generation Co).

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 25.2°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 97% 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.

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 #113 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

• Bara Thermal Power Project · Coal · 1,980 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• Murka power station · Coal · 600 MW · Uttar Pradesh
• Bargarh power station · Coal · 1,980 MW · Uttar Pradesh
• Allahabad Rattan · Solar · 50 MW · Uttar Pradesh
• Karchana Ultra Mega Power Project · Coal · 4,000 MW · Uttar Pradesh
• Meja Thermal Power Project · Coal · 1,320 MW · Uttar Pradesh

Location

Coordinates 25.196, 81.6594 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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