[1] The plant is based on large-bore 4 stroke diesel engines from MAN B&W, Germany.

Then the load is reduced to 11 kV for transmission, with the help of step down transformers It uses direct current for all its applications (easy to store).

The cost of power production at the existing diesel plant at Brahmapuram is Rs.

The power produced from here is connected to the KSEB grid and supplied to the consumers in the state of Kerala.

[2] The Kerala State Electricity Board has decided to set up a 400MW combined cycle power generation facility on the premises of the existing power plant at Brahmapuram, using natural gas as the feedstock.