JSOL Angul steel plant — India
Steel Plant in India. Approximate location 20.87471, 84.94408.
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JSOL Angul steel plant is a steel plant in India. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-50980773.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
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Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Kishore Nagar Coal-to-Liquids Project · Coal · 1,350 MW · 17 km
- Nandichod power station · Coal · 135 MW · 17 km
- Jamunda power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · 23 km
- Angul Smelter power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · 26 km
- DERANG · Coal · 1,200 MW · 28 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: iron-and-steel. As steel plant, it requires high process heat (typically 800–1500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
Local climate
JSOL Angul steel plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 20.9°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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1231 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× 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
Nearby industrial sites
- JSPL Angul steel plant · Steel Plant · 9,766,470 t CO₂
- Angul aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 802,387 t CO₂
- Tata Steel BSL Meramandali steel plant · Steel Plant · 8,257,185 t CO₂
- Rungta Mines Dhenkanal steel plant · Steel Plant · 324,622 t CO₂
- Sambalpur District · Aluminium Smelter · 43,106 t CO₂
- Tata Steel Kalinganagar steel plant · Steel Plant · 8,354,552 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 20.87471, 84.94408. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is JSOL Angul steel plant?
JSOL Angul steel plant is a steel plant in India. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.
Where is JSOL Angul steel plant located?
JSOL Angul steel plant is in India at approximately 20.87471, 84.94408.