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S.SAROVAR RBPH

Hydro power plant in Gujarat, India. Approximate location 21.8301, 73.7501.

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S.SAROVAR RBPH is a 1,200 MW hydro power station in Gujarat, India. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,201,371 homes (estimated). It ranks #117 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 8.6% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).

1,200MW installed capacity
1,201,371homes powered (est.)
2005commissioned (~21 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000383.

Reported generation trend

2014: 2,286 GWh20142015: 1,459 GWh20152016: 2,321 GWh20162017: 375 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182k GWh

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

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

25.4°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,695cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
497 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 20 °CJF: 22 °CFM: 26 °CMA: 30 °CAM: 31 °CMJ: 29 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 26 °CON: 23 °CND: 21 °CD31 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% 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: 13/100 — 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.

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 #4 largest hydro power plant of 233 in India by capacity.

India has 233 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,562 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 21.8301, 73.7501 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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