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UKAI_Hydro

Hydro power plant in Gujarat, India. Approximate location 21.2478, 73.5866.

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UKAI_Hydro is a 300 MW hydro power station in Gujarat, India. Based on reported annual generation of 210 GWh, it can supply roughly 59,857 homes. It ranks #349 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1974, it is around 52 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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).

300MW installed capacity
210GWh reported / yr
59,857homes powered
1974commissioned (~52 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000476.

Reported generation trend

2014: 687 GWh20142015: 489 GWh20152016: 394 GWh20162017: 302 GWh20172018: 210 GWh2018687 GWh

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 21.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.5°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,116cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
271 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 21 °CJF: 24 °CFM: 28 °CMA: 31 °CAM: 32 °CMJ: 30 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 26 °CSO: 27 °CON: 24 °CND: 22 °CD32 °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 #49 largest hydro power plant of 233 in India by capacity.

India has 233 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,562 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 21.2478, 73.5866 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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