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JOJBERA

Coal power plant in Jharkhand, India. Approximate location 22.7554, 86.2491.

CoalJharkhandIndiasubcriticalCO₂ modelled

JOJBERA is a 548 MW coal power station in Jharkhand, India. It is operated by Tata Power Company Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 2,483 GWh, it can supply roughly 709k homes. It ranks #514 of 2,229 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. Its modelled annual emissions are 1,597,260 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 372k 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).

548Source-backed capacity
2,483GWh reported / yr
709,314homes powered
1,597,260t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2000commissioned (~26 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000160.

Data status

Known data

FacilityJOJBERA WRI
CountryIndia · Jharkhand WRI
Coordinates22.7554, 86.2491 WRI
FuelCoal WRI
MW installed capacity548 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerTata Power Company Ltd WRI
Commissioned2000 WRI
Technologysubcritical WRI
GWh reported / yr2,483 GWh/yr WRI

Modelled source data

CO₂ emissions1,597,260 t CO₂/yr modelled · Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#514 of 2229 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#451 of 716 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.55× · 1,000 MW median · 716 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent709,314 calculated from reported generation
Climate26.3°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC3 · 38/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in 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 548 MW for Jojobera Power Plant, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Capacity claim grade: B_SCOPE_PARENT_COMPLEX - recommended action: build_parent_complex_model - confidence: not_comparable_without_scope. This follows a claim-based data model: value + scope + source + confidence, rather than silently overwriting records.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000102268); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 548 MW, JOJBERA 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.

~1,597,260 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

372kpassenger cars driven for a year
208khomes' yearly energy use
27 milliontree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2014: 2,693 GWh20142015: 2,662 GWh20152016: 1,424 GWh20162017: 1,476 GWh20172018: 2,483 GWh20183k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Tata Power Company Ltd. 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 tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 22.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.3°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,023cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
159 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 19 °CJF: 22 °CFM: 27 °CMA: 31 °CAM: 32 °CMJ: 31 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 26 °CON: 23 °CND: 19 °CD32 °C

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

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
38/100environmental-severity index
13.3°Cseasonal temperature swing
190 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 #451 largest coal power plant of 716 in India by capacity.

India has 716 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 806,969 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 22.7554, 86.2491 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is JOJBERA?

JOJBERA is a 548 MW source-record coal power plant in Jharkhand, India, commissioned in 2000.

How much electricity does JOJBERA generate?

JOJBERA generates about 2,483 GWh of electricity per year.

How many homes can JOJBERA power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 709,314 homes.

Who operates JOJBERA?

JOJBERA is operated by Tata Power Company Ltd.

How much CO₂ does JOJBERA emit?

JOJBERA has modelled emissions of about 1,597,260 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).

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