CHANDRAPURA is a 500 MW coal power station in Jharkhand, India. It is operated by Damodar Valley Corp. Based on reported annual generation of 3,235 GWh, it can supply roughly 924k homes. It ranks #536 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. Its modelled annual emissions are 3,381,400 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 788k cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 70.8% of India's electricity; the national grid averages 670 gCO₂/kWh (26.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000078.
Data status
Known data
Modelled source data
Calculated from dataset
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 500 MW for Chandrapura power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102252; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 500 MW, CHANDRAPURA is below the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
~3,381,400 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
Key facts
- Load factor
- 74%, from 3,235 GWh of reported generation; the median for 167 coal plants in India that report generation is 54%
- Generation trend
- 4,488 GWh in 2014 and 3,235 GWh in 2018 (−28%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2016: 5,119 GWh; 2018: 3,235 GWh
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 81 of 354 dated coal plants in India are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Reported generation trend
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Damodar Valley Corp. All plants by this company →
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 23.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
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 plants
The #466 largest coal power plant of 713 in India by capacity.
India has 713 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 805,419 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Bokaro Steel City Thermal Power Station · Coal · 381 MW · Jharkhand
- BOKARO A ''EXP'' · Coal · 500 MW · Jharkhand
- TENUGHAT · Coal · 420 MW · Jharkhand
- BOKARO B · Coal · 210 MW · Jharkhand
- Welspun Energy Parbahal Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 1,980 MW · West Bengal
- SANTALDIH · Coal · 500 MW · Jharkhand
Location
Coordinates 23.7376, 86.1273 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is CHANDRAPURA?
CHANDRAPURA is a 500 MW coal power plant in Jharkhand, India, commissioned in 2000.
How much electricity does CHANDRAPURA generate?
CHANDRAPURA generates about 3,235 GWh of electricity per year.
Who operates CHANDRAPURA?
CHANDRAPURA is operated by Damodar Valley Corp.
How much CO₂ does CHANDRAPURA emit?
CHANDRAPURA has modelled emissions of about 3,381,400 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).