Resource Links: Power Plants in India

Here are some data sources useful for compiling energy and emissions analysis for power plants in India

• Official portals
  • Ministry of Power (MoP)
  • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG)
  • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
  • Ministry of Coal (MoC)
  • Central Electrical Authority (CEA) daily reports
  • National Power Portal (NPP) dashboard
  • Merit order dispatch of Electricity for Rejuvenating Income and Transparency (MERIT) by MoP
• Other portals
  • Coal India Limited (CIL)
  • Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)
  • Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)
  • National energy policy (Niti Aayog)
  • India Energy Review (IEA)
• Wikipedia
  • Electricity sector in India
  • Energy policy in India
  • Renewable energy in India
  • Solar power in India
• Regulations
  • Central Electricity Regulatory Corporation – current regulations
  • India Electricity Act (2003)
  • Environmental Standards for Ambient Air, Automobiles, Fuels, Industries and Noise (CPCB, 2000)
  • Industry effluent emission standards (CPCB)
  • Online monitoring of industrial emissions & effluent (CPCB)
• Power plants
  • Global power plants database (WRI)
  • Global power plants database (GEO)
  • Global power plants database (Carbon Brief)
  • Existing power plants in India (Wikipedia)
  • Existing and proposed power plants in India (GEM-wiki)
  • Existing power companies in India (GEM-wiki)
  • Plant and unit level generation data (CEEW)
  • Hourly load curves 2012-2015 (CEEW)
  • Electricity generation and carbon tracker – dashboard by Brookings India
• Regional Load Dispatch Centers
  • Northern (NRLDC)
  • Sorthern (SRLDC)
  • Eastern (ERLDC)
  • Western (WRLDC)
  • NorthEastern (NERLDC)
• State Load Dispatch Centers
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Assam
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Delhi
  • Gujarat
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Karnataka
  • Kerala
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Maharashtra
  • Odisha
  • Punjab
  • Rajasthan
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Uttarakhand
  • West Bengal

Non-governmental institutions

• Brookings India
• Center for Science and Environment (CSE)
• Center for Study of Science Technology and Policy (CSTEP)
• Council for Energy Environment and Water (CEEW) [Dashboards]
• Earthmetry Decision Systems [Link]
• GHG Platform India (GPI)
• Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)

Interesting Reads

How India’s PSUs work, India’s Cold War strategy, the 2010s NPA crisis, all through the lens of India’s power sector (2026)
https://subtextbyzerodha.substack.com/p/rohit-chandras-short-history-of-indian

​India’s Coal Conundrum: Decarbonization Amidst A Developmental Legacy (2025)
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wcc.928

To end coal, adapt to regional realities (2022)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01828-3

Band-Aid Solutions Won’t Staunch India’s Power Crisis (2022)
https://cprindia.org/workingpapers/band-aid-solutions-wont-staunch-indias-power-crisis/

The political economy of coal in India – Evidence from expert interviews (2021)
​https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0973082621000223

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