Shri Singaji MALWA TPP — India

Shri Singaji MALWA TPP is a 2,520 MW coal power station in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is operated by MP Power Generating Company (MPPGCL). Based on reported annual generation of 7,275 GWh, it can supply roughly 2.1 million homes. It ranks #86 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 IND0000410.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102366; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,520 MW, Shri Singaji MALWA 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

33%, from 7,275 GWh of reported generation; the median for 167 coal plants in India that report generation is 54%

Generation trend

1,585 GWh in 2014 and 7,275 GWh in 2018 (+359%)

Highest and lowest year

2018: 7,275 GWh; 2014: 1,585 GWh

Share of India coal capacity

0.3% 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 MP Power Generating Company (MPPGCL).

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen As) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 22.1°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 #80 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

• Shree Singaji Thermal Power Project · Coal · 2,520 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• INDIRA SAGAR · Hydro · 1,000 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• Khandwa power station (Dwarkesh Energy) · Coal · 1,320 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• Devaldi power station · Coal · 1,000 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• Dada Dhuniwale Thermal Power Project · Coal · 1,600 MW · Madhya Pradesh
• Rewa power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Madhya Pradesh

Location

Coordinates 22.0971, 76.5317 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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