Kota Fertilizer Complex — India

Kota Fertilizer Complex is a chemical plant in India. Its listed capacity is 1,320,000 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. It is operated by Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd. By capacity it ranks #5 among 22 chemical plants in India. It emits about 3,281,945 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.66% of the CO₂e from the 297 facilities in India that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 73% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257125.

In context: how this facility compares

At 1,320,000 t of chemical, Kota Fertilizer Complex is well above 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 3,281,945 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).

Operator

Operated by Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd.

Local climate

Kota Fertilizer Complex sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 25.1°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 1233 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

The #5 largest of 22 chemical plants in India by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• DCM Shriram Cement Kota Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 227,782 t CO₂
• Mangalam Cement Chonsala Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,279,488 t CO₂
• ACC Lakheri Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 500,989 t CO₂
• UltraTech Vikram Nagar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,447,589 t CO₂
• Birla Chanderia Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,212,927 t CO₂
• JK Cement Mangrol Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,801,101 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 25.1384, 75.88747. View on OpenStreetMap.

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