TORANGALLU IMP is a 260 MW coal power station in Karnataka, India. Based on reported annual generation of 1,222 GWh, it can supply roughly 349k homes. It ranks #663 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1999, it is around 27 years old — long-established. 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 IND0000460.
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
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 260 MW, TORANGALLU IMP is below 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
- 54%, from 1,222 GWh of reported generation, in line with the 54% median for 167 coal plants in India
- Generation trend
- 2,074 GWh in 2014 and 1,222 GWh in 2018 (−41%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2014: 2,074 GWh; 2018: 1,222 GWh
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 76 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).
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 15.2°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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion 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 #528 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
- TORANGALLU EXT · Coal · 600 MW · Karnataka
- JSW Vijayanagar Toranagallu power station · Coal · 1,160 MW · Karnataka
- BELLARY TPS · Coal · 1,700 MW · Karnataka
- Bellary Thermal Power Station · Coal · 1,700 MW · Karnataka
- BELLARY HOTHUR · Coal · 10 MW · Karnataka
- Bellari · Solar · 30 MW · Karnataka
Location
Coordinates 15.1839, 76.6622 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is TORANGALLU IMP?
TORANGALLU IMP is a 260 MW coal power plant in Karnataka, India, commissioned in 1999.
How much electricity does TORANGALLU IMP generate?
TORANGALLU IMP generates about 1,222 GWh of electricity per year.