UTRAN CCCP EXT is a 374 MW gas power station in Gujarat, India. Based on reported annual generation of 401 GWh, it can supply roughly 114k homes. It ranks #604 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 2.3% 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 IND0000489.
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
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000401474; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 374 MW, UTRAN CCCP EXT is well above the median gas plant in India (234.3 MW). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Load factor
- 12%, from 401 GWh of reported generation; the median for 41 gas plants in India that report generation is 29%
- Generation trend
- 129 GWh in 2014 and 401 GWh in 2018 (+210%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2015: 1,238 GWh; 2014: 129 GWh
- Share of India gas capacity
- 0.9% of 43,650 MW across 117 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 61 of 94 dated gas 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 gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen As) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.2°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.
A gas turbine here also runs ~8% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).
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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness 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 #41 largest gas power plant of 117 in India by capacity.
India has 117 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 43,650 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Utran Combined Cycle power plant · Gas · 375 MW · Gujarat
- Hazira Gas Processing Complex Captive Power station · Gas · 51 MW · Gujarat
- SUGEN CCCP · Gas · 1,149 MW · Gujarat
- Sugen Combined Cycle power plant · Gas · 1,532 MW · Gujarat
- UNO SUGEN · Gas · 382.5 MW · Gujarat
- KRIBHCO HAZIRA · Other · 102 MW · Gujarat
Location
Coordinates 21.2285, 72.8705 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is UTRAN CCCP EXT?
UTRAN CCCP EXT is a 374 MW gas power plant in Gujarat, India, commissioned in 2009.
How much electricity does UTRAN CCCP EXT generate?
UTRAN CCCP EXT generates about 401 GWh of electricity per year.