Hirakud Smelter power station is a 367.5 MW coal power station in Odisha, India. It is operated by Hindalco Industries Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 460k homes (estimated). It ranks #607 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1994, it is around 32 years old — long-established. 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 GEM_coa_hirakudsmelter_india.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102466; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 367.5 MW, Hirakud Smelter power station 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.
Key facts
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 60 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)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in India
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Hindalco Industries Ltd [100%].
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.5°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 #504 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
- HIRAKUD I&II · Hydro · 288 MW · Odisha
- Jharsuguda Ind-Barath power station · Coal · 350 MW · Odisha
- IND BARATH TPP · Coal · 350 MW · Odisha
- I.B.VALLEY · Coal · 420 MW · Odisha
- Ib Valley Thermal Power Station · Coal · 1,740 MW · Odisha
- Aditya Aluminium power station · Coal · 900 MW · Odisha
Location
Coordinates 21.529687, 83.904569 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Hirakud Smelter power station?
Hirakud Smelter power station is a 367.5 MW coal power plant in Odisha, India, commissioned in 1994.
Who operates Hirakud Smelter power station?
Hirakud Smelter power station is operated by Hindalco Industries Ltd [100%].