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THAMMINAPATNAM TPP

Coal power plant in Andhra Pradesh, India. Approximate location 14.2133, 80.0838.

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THAMMINAPATNAM TPP is a 300 MW coal power station in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is operated by Simhapuri Energy Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 30 GWh, it can supply roughly 8,714 homes. It ranks #347 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 3,149,280 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 734,098 cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 70.8% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).

300MW installed capacity
30GWh reported / yr
8,714homes powered
3,149,280t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2012commissioned (~14 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000453.

3,149,280 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

734,098passenger cars driven for a year
410,704homes' yearly energy use
52,488,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2014: 1,381 GWh20142015: 1,519 GWh20152016: 1,212 GWh20162017: 519 GWh20172018: 30 GWh20182k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Simhapuri Energy Ltd.

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 Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 14.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

28.8°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,953cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
5 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 25 °CJF: 26 °CFM: 28 °CMA: 31 °CAM: 33 °CMJ: 32 °CJJ: 31 °CJA: 30 °CAS: 30 °CSO: 28 °CON: 26 °CND: 25 °CD33 °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 #230 largest coal power plant of 395 in India by capacity.

India has 395 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 300,917 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 14.2133, 80.0838 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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