Salem Siscol power station

Part of the Global Coal Plant Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Download full dataset

Report an error

Related coal trackers:

Global Coal Mine Tracker Global Coal Terminals Tracker Global Coal Project Finance Tracker

Salem Siscol power station is an operating power station of at least 30-megawatts (MW) in Mechrei, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Salem Siscol power station	Mechrei, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India	11.814008, 77.919073 (exact)

Loading map...

{"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":16,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":11.814008,"lon":77.919073,"icon":""}]}

Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• ': 11.814008, 77.919073

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Operating	coal: unknown	30	subcritical	2006

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Owner	Parent
JSW Steel Ltd [100%]	JSW Steel Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

• Captive industry use (heat or power): power
• Captive industry: Iron & Steel

Ownership Tree

This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.

Background

JSW Steel Salem is an integrated steel plant in Salem, Tamil Nadu, with 1 MTPA capacity. More than 70% of captive power generation is provided through waste heat.

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of coal-fired power stations, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.