S.SAROVAR RBPH is a 1,200 MW hydro power station in Gujarat, India. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.2 million homes (estimated). It ranks #334 of 2,225 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000383.
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 · 2026 · L100000602025; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 1,200 MW, S.SAROVAR RBPH is well above the median hydro plant in India (80 MW). Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Generation trend
- 2,286 GWh in 2014 and 375 GWh in 2017 (−84%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2016: 2,321 GWh; 2017: 375 GWh
- Share of India hydro capacity
- 2.6% of 45,527 MW across 233 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 183 of 233 dated hydro 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).
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.
Monthly mean temperature
This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.
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 #4 largest hydro power plant of 233 in India by capacity.
India has 233 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,527 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- S.SAROVAR CHPH · Hydro · 250 MW · Gujarat
- Sinor power station · Coal · 1,600 MW · Gujarat
- Ankleshwar Caustic Plant power station · Gas · 50 MW · Gujarat
- GANDHAR GT · Gas · 657 MW · Gujarat
- DCM BHARUCH · Other · 136 MW · Gujarat
- Gujarat Power Project · Coal · 500 MW · Gujarat
Location
Coordinates 21.8301, 73.7501 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is S.SAROVAR RBPH?
S.SAROVAR RBPH is a 1,200 MW hydro power plant in Gujarat, India, commissioned in 2005.