Vizag Simhadri power station is a 80 MW coal power plant in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is operated by Steel Exchange India Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 100k homes (estimated). It ranks #932 of 2,225 India power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 293,450 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 68k 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-4892.
Data status
Known data
Modelled source data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
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: Climate TRACE; fuel: GEM wiki operating-unit Fuel(s), dominant by operating MW >=80%, fetched 2026-07-05
In context: how this plant compares
At 80 MW, Vizag Simhadri 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.
~293,450 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
Key facts
- Share of India coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 805,419 MW across 713 plants in this dataset
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in India
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Steel Exchange India Ltd.
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 17.6°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #617 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
- Vizag Steel Plant power station · Other · 435 MW · Andhra Pradesh
- HPCL Vizag Refinery power station · Gas · 178.4 MW · Andhra Pradesh
- VIZAG TPP · Coal · 1,040 MW · Andhra Pradesh
- Visakhapatnam Port · Solar · 10.8 MW · Andhra Pradesh
- SIMHADRI · Coal · 2,000 MW · Andhra Pradesh
- Pudimadaka Ultra Mega Power Project · Coal · 4,000 MW · Andhra Pradesh
Location
Coordinates 17.6369, 83.1931 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Vizag Simhadri power station?
Vizag Simhadri power station is a 80 MW coal power plant in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Who operates Vizag Simhadri power station?
Vizag Simhadri power station is operated by Steel Exchange India Ltd.
How much CO₂ does Vizag Simhadri power station emit?
Vizag Simhadri power station has modelled emissions of about 293,450 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).