Lueng Bata power station — Indonesia

Lueng Bata power station is a 58.5 MW oil power plant in Aceh, Indonesia. It is operated by PT PLN (Persero) [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 44k homes (estimated). It ranks #319 of 401 Indonesia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1981, it is around 45 years old — long-established. In context, oil supplies about 1.9% 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 GOGPT_luengbata_indone.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408079; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 58.5 MW, Lueng Bata power station is well above the median oil plant in Indonesia (50.1 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Indonesia oil capacity

6.9% of 852 MW across 18 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

0 of 4 dated oil 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 oil plants in Indonesia

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

Owner

Operated by PT PLN (Persero) [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 5.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

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

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 #5 largest oil power plant of 18 in Indonesia by capacity.

Indonesia has 18 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 852 MW of capacity.

Location

Coordinates 5.540313, 95.341225 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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