Salboni power plant is a 3,200 MW coal power station in West Bengal, India. It ranks #49 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. 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_salboni_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
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 3,200 MW, Salboni power plant is well above the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #46 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
- Salboni OCL · Solar · 5.5 MW · West Bengal
- Salboni WBSEDCL · Solar · 10 MW · West Bengal
- Patni · Solar · 10 MW · West Bengal
- KOLAGHAT · Coal · 1,260 MW · West Bengal
- Chandil Singh power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · West Bengal
- Bhushan Steel West Bengal project · Coal · 1,000 MW · West Bengal
Location
Coordinates 22.641998, 87.32392 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Salboni power plant?
Salboni power plant is a 3,200 MW coal power plant in West Bengal, India, Announced 2030.