Tuticorin Smelter power station is a 160 MW coal power station in Tamil Nadu, India. It ranks #752 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 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 GEM_coa_tuticorinsmelter_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 160 MW, Tuticorin Smelter power station is below the median coal plant in India (1,000 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — 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 #562 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
- Jaya power station · Coal · 450 MW · Tamil Nadu
- Arasadi · Solar · 10 MW · Tamil Nadu
- TUTICORIN JV · Coal · 1,050 MW · Tamil Nadu
- TUTICORIN · Coal · 1,050 MW · Tamil Nadu
- TUTICORIN- IND BARATH · Coal · 300 MW · Tamil Nadu
- MELAMARUTHUR (MUTHIARA) · Coal · 1,200 MW · Tamil Nadu
Location
Coordinates 8.816981, 78.0899754 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Tuticorin Smelter power station?
Tuticorin Smelter power station is a 160 MW coal power plant in Tamil Nadu, India, commissioned in 2012.