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RITHALA CCCP

Gas power plant in NCT, India. Approximate location 28.7327, 77.1016.

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RITHALA CCCP is a 95 MW gas power plant in NCT, India. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 106,771 homes (estimated). It ranks #576 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 2.3% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).

95MW installed capacity
106,771homes powered (est.)
2010commissioned (~16 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000377.

~149,481 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

34,844passenger cars driven for a year
19,494homes' yearly energy use
2,491,344tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2014: 0 GWh20142015: 0 GWh20152016: 0 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20181 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 28.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

25.1°Cannual mean temp
206heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,821cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
219 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 14 °CJF: 17 °CFM: 23 °CMA: 29 °CAM: 33 °CMJ: 34 °CJJ: 31 °CJA: 30 °CAS: 29 °CSO: 26 °CON: 20 °CND: 16 °CD34 °C

Heating degree-days here run 92% 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: 17/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~7% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #60 largest gas power plant of 79 in India by capacity.

India has 79 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 28,926 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 28.7327, 77.1016 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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