Kagithapuram Mill 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

Kagithapuram Mill power station is an operating power station of at least 40-megawatts (MW) in Kagithapuram paper mill, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kagithapuram Mill power station	Kagithapuram paper mill, Karur, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India	11.052854, 77.995806 (exact)

Loading map...

{"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":16,"defzoom":14,"layers":["Esri.WorldImagery"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":11.052854,"lon":77.995806,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 5: 11.052854, 77.995806

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Unit 5	Operating	coal: unknown	40	subcritical	2011

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Unit 5	Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd [100%]	Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

• Captive industry use (heat or power): power
• Captive industry: Pulp & Paper
• Non-industry use: power

Background

The 100.5 MW power station is owned by Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers and has five coal-fired units. Unit 5 has a capacity of 40 MW, and is the only unit with a capacity higher than 30 MW.

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.