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Sanghipuram Cement power station

Coal power plant in Gujarat, India. Approximate location 23.4017, 68.5708.

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Sanghipuram Cement power station is a 130 MW coal power station in Gujarat, India. It is operated by Sanghi Industries Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 163k homes (estimated). It ranks #792 of 2,229 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).

130Source-backed capacity
162,685homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-4859.

Data status

Known data

FacilitySanghipuram Cement power station Climate TRACE
CountryIndia · Gujarat Climate TRACE
Coordinates23.4017, 68.5708 Climate TRACE
FuelCoal Climate TRACE
MW installed capacity130 MW Climate TRACE source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerSanghi Industries Ltd Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions569,400 t CO₂/yr calculated
Capacity rank in country#792 of 2229 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#582 of 716 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.13× · 1,000 MW median · 716 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent162,685 calculated
Climate26.2°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC5 · 66/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

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 operating-unit sum (location L100001000147); fuel: GEM wiki unit-level operating Fuel(s), fetched 2026-07-05

In context: how this plant compares

At 130 MW, Sanghipuram Cement power station is below the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). 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.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in India

Ontimavadi power station: 6,300 MW6kOntimavadi…Welspun Mega Industrial & Energy Park: 5,280 MW5kWelspun Me…Darlipali power station: 4,800 MW5kDarlipali …VINDH_CHAL STPS: 4,760 MW5kVINDH_CHAL…MUNDRA TPP: 4,620 MW5kMUNDRA TPPMundra Thermal Power Project (Adani): 4,620 MW5kMundra The…MUNDRA UMPP: 4,000 MW4kMUNDRA UMPPTata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: 4,000 MW4kTata Mundr…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Sanghi Industries Ltd.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 23.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.2°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,001cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
3 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 19 °CJF: 21 °CFM: 25 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 30 °CMJ: 31 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 28 °CON: 25 °CND: 21 °CD31 °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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

C5ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
66/100environmental-severity index
11.3°Cseasonal temperature swing
9 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 #582 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.

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Location

Coordinates 23.4017, 68.5708 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Sanghipuram Cement power station?

Sanghipuram Cement power station is a 130 MW source-record coal power plant in Gujarat, India.

How many homes can Sanghipuram Cement power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 162,685 homes (estimated).

Who operates Sanghipuram Cement power station?

Sanghipuram Cement power station is operated by Sanghi Industries Ltd.

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