SURAT LIG. is a 500 MW coal power station in Gujarat, India. Based on reported annual generation of 3,083 GWh, it can supply roughly 881k homes. It ranks #544 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2004, it is around 22 years old — relatively modern. 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 IND0000430.
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 · L100000102228; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 500 MW, SURAT LIG. 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.
Key facts
- Load factor
- 70%, from 3,083 GWh of reported generation; the median for 167 coal plants in India that report generation is 54%
- Generation trend
- 2,867 GWh in 2014 and 3,083 GWh in 2018 (+8%)
- Highest and lowest year
- 2018: 3,083 GWh; 2015: 2,698 GWh
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 104 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)).
Reported generation trend
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
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 21.4°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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), 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 #472 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
- Surat Lignite Power Plant · Coal · 500 MW · Gujarat
- Vastan Solar Power Plant · Solar · 5 MW · Gujarat
- UNO SUGEN · Gas · 382.5 MW · Gujarat
- Sugen Combined Cycle power plant · Gas · 1,532 MW · Gujarat
- SUGEN CCCP · Gas · 1,149 MW · Gujarat
- Gujarat Power Project · Coal · 500 MW · Gujarat
Location
Coordinates 21.397, 73.106 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is SURAT LIG.?
SURAT LIG. is a 500 MW coal power plant in Gujarat, India, commissioned in 2004.
How much electricity does SURAT LIG. generate?
SURAT LIG. generates about 3,083 GWh of electricity per year.