TUTICORIN- IND BARATH is a 300 MW coal power station in Tamil Nadu, India. It is operated by Ind-Barath Energy (Utkal) Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 375k homes (estimated). It ranks #637 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 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 IND0000467.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 1,000 MW for Tuticorin NTPL power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
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 300 MW, TUTICORIN- IND BARATH is below the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. 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
- Generation trend
- 1,263 GWh in 2014 and 22 GWh in 2016 (−98%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2014: 1,263 GWh; 2016: 22 GWh
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 226 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 Ind-Barath Energy (Utkal) Ltd [100%].
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 8.8°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #513 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
- TUTICORIN · Coal · 1,050 MW · Tamil Nadu
- TUTICORIN JV · Coal · 1,050 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Jaya power station · Coal · 450 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Tuticorin Smelter power station · Coal · 160 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Mutiara Coastal Energen Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 1,200 MW · Tamil Nadu
- MELAMARUTHUR (MUTHIARA) · Coal · 1,200 MW · Tamil Nadu
Location
Coordinates 8.7635, 78.1753 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is TUTICORIN- IND BARATH?
TUTICORIN- IND BARATH is a 300 MW coal power plant in Tamil Nadu, India, commissioned in 2013.
Who operates TUTICORIN- IND BARATH?
TUTICORIN- IND BARATH is operated by Ind-Barath Energy (Utkal) Ltd [100%].