Palembang Timur power station is a 150 MW gas power station in South Sumatra, Indonesia. It is operated by PT Asrigita Prasarana [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 169k homes (estimated). It ranks #215 of 401 Indonesia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2004, it is around 22 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 18.5% 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 GOGPT_palembangtimur_indone.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000405286; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 150 MW, Palembang Timur power station is around the median gas plant in Indonesia (150 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by PT Asrigita Prasarana [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 2.9°S — 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).
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 a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
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.
The #70 largest gas power plant of 138 in Indonesia by capacity.
Indonesia has 138 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 44,657 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -2.926817, 104.867665 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Palembang Timur power station is a 150 MW gas power plant in South Sumatra, Indonesia, commissioned in 2004.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 168,942 homes (estimated).
Palembang Timur power station is operated by PT Asrigita Prasarana [100%].
