UPPAR INDRAVATI — India

UPPAR INDRAVATI is a 600 MW hydro power station in Odisha, India. It ranks #491 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000481.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000602081; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 600 MW, UPPAR INDRAVATI is well above the median hydro plant in India (80 MW). Technically it is described as pumped storage. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #20 largest hydro power plant of 233 in India by capacity.

India has 233 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,527 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Utkal Smelter power station · Coal · 90 MW · Odisha
• Rayagada Paper power station · Coal · 55 MW · Odisha
• Lanjigarh Refinery power station · Coal · 90 MW · Odisha
• UPPER KOLAB · Hydro · 320 MW · Odisha
• Ghogarpalli Ultra Mega Power Project · Coal · 4,000 MW · Odisha
• Jagdalpur Steel captive power station · Coal · 250 MW · Chhattisgarh

Location

Coordinates 19.4269, 82.8594 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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