IND-Vadodara_methanol — India

IND-Vadodara_methanol is a chemical plant in India. Its listed capacity is 71,808 t of chemical. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. By capacity it ranks #19 among 22 chemical plants in India. It emits about 23,966 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 77% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-33998928.

In context: how this facility compares

At 71,808 t of chemical, IND-Vadodara_methanol is below the median chemical plant in India (445,500 t of chemical). Subsector: chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 23,966 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest chemical plants in India

Listed capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

IND-Vadodara_methanol sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 22.2°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1226 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.94× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

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 sites

The #19 largest of 22 chemical plants in India by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Vadodara Complex · Chemical Plant · 14,893 t CO₂
• IOCL Gujarat Koyali Refinery · Refinery · 4,516,244 t CO₂
• Reliance Industries Vadodara, Baroda, Gujarat · Petrochemical · 388,468 t CO₂
• Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Bharuch Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,107,657 t CO₂
• IND-Bharuch_methanol · Chemical Plant · 86,456 t CO₂
• ONGC Petro Additions Limited (OPaL), Dahej, Gujarat · Petrochemical · 1,909,265 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 22.24552, 73.24918. View on OpenStreetMap.

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