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KAMALANGA

Coal power plant in Odisha, India. Approximate location 20.87, 85.2671.

CoalOdishaIndiaCO₂ reported

KAMALANGA is a 1,050 MW coal power station in Odisha, India. It is operated by GMR Energy Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 6,234 GWh, it can supply roughly 1,781,057 homes. It ranks #145 of 1,908 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 7,265,200 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 1,693,520 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).

1,050MW installed capacity
6,234GWh reported / yr
1,781,057homes powered
7,265,200t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2013commissioned (~13 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id IND0000178.

7,265,200 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,693,520passenger cars driven for a year
947,470homes' yearly energy use
121,086,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Reported generation trend

2014: 4,437 GWh20142015: 5,747 GWh20152016: 5,477 GWh20162017: 5,174 GWh20172018: 6,234 GWh20186k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by GMR Energy 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 20.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.9°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,262cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
85 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 21 °CJF: 24 °CFM: 28 °CMA: 31 °CAM: 32 °CMJ: 31 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 27 °CON: 24 °CND: 21 °CD32 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #127 largest coal power plant of 395 in India by capacity.

India has 395 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 300,917 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 20.87, 85.2671 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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