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Jawa-7 power station

Coal power plant in Banten, Indonesia. Approximate location -5.991694, 106.1008.

CoalBantenIndonesiaultra-supercritical

Jawa-7 power station is a 1,982 MW coal power station in Banten, Indonesia. It is operated by PT Shenhua Guohua Pembangkitan Jawa Bali [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 2.5 million homes (estimated). It ranks #21 of 401 Indonesia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2019, it is around 7 years old — recently built. In context, coal supplies about 61.5% of Indonesia's electricity; the national grid averages 680 gCO₂/kWh (18.1% low-carbon) (2024).

1,982MW installed capacity
2,480,331homes powered (est.)
2019commissioned (~7 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_jawa7_indon.

Data status

Known data

FacilityJawa-7 power station GEM-coal
CountryIndonesia · Banten GEM-coal
Coordinates-5.991694, 106.1008 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity1,982 MW GEM · 2026 · L100000102703; operating plant capacity
OwnerPT Shenhua Guohua Pembangkitan Jawa Bali [100%] GEM-coal
Commissioned2019 GEM-coal
Technologyultra-supercritical GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions8,681,160 t CO₂·a⁻¹ calculated
Capacity rank in country#21 / 401 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#16 / 191 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers9.01× · 220 MW · n=191 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent2,480,331 calculated
Environmental severityC5 · 48/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102703; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,982 MW, Jawa-7 power station is well above the median coal plant in Indonesia (220 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. 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.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Indonesia

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Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by PT Shenhua Guohua Pembangkitan Jawa Bali [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 6.0°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season mean
Tropical rainforest: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

C5ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
48/100environmental-severity index
1.2°Cseasonal temperature swing
27 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 #16 largest coal power plant of 191 in Indonesia by capacity.

Indonesia has 191 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 101,995 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates -5.991694, 106.1008 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Jawa-7 power station?

Jawa-7 power station is a 1,982 MW coal power plant in Banten, Indonesia, commissioned in 2019.

How many homes can Jawa-7 power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 2,480,331 homes (estimated).

Who operates Jawa-7 power station?

Jawa-7 power station is operated by PT Shenhua Guohua Pembangkitan Jawa Bali [100%].

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