Kaltim Teluk Balikpapan power station is a 220 MW coal power station in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is operated by PLN. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 275k homes (estimated). It ranks #155 of 401 Indonesia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. In context, coal supplies about 61.5% of Indonesia's electricity; the national grid averages 680 gCO₂/kWh (18.1% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1075806.
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
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102737; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 220 MW, Kaltim Teluk Balikpapan power station is around the median coal plant in Indonesia (220 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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.
Key facts
- Share of Indonesia coal capacity
- 0.2% of 101,995 MW across 191 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 39 of 122 dated coal plants in Indonesia are older
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 Indonesia
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by PLN. All plants by this company →
Local climate & thermal context
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 1.2°S — 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 a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness 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 #93 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
- Senipah power station · Gas · 117 MW · East Kalimantan
- Kaltim-5 power station · Coal · 200 MW · East Kalimantan
- PLTGB Tanjung Batu · Gas · 2 MW · East Kalimantan
- PLTU Embalut - Tanjung Batu · Coal · 50 MW · East Kalimantan
- Kaltim power station · Gas · 280 MW · East Kalimantan
- Tanjung Batu power station · Gas · 60 MW · East Kalimantan
Location
Coordinates -1.1704, 116.7887 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Kaltim Teluk Balikpapan power station?
Kaltim Teluk Balikpapan power station is a 220 MW coal power plant in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, commissioned in 2015.
Who operates Kaltim Teluk Balikpapan power station?
Kaltim Teluk Balikpapan power station is operated by PLN.