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PLTG Cilacap

Gas power plant in Central Java, Indonesia. Approximate location -7.7264, 109.0094.

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PLTG Cilacap is a 55 MW gas power plant in Central Java, Indonesia. It is operated by PLN – Indonesia Power. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 61,945 homes (estimated). It ranks #117 of 178 Indonesia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 18.5% of Indonesia's electricity; the national grid averages 680 gCO₂/kWh (18.1% low-carbon) (2024).

55MW installed capacity
61,945homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000822.

~86,724 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

20,215passenger cars driven for a year
11,310homes' yearly energy use
1,445,400tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Indonesia

PLTGU Gresik: 1,579 MW2kPLTGU Gres…PLTGU Priok Block 1 2: 1,180 MW1kPLTGU Prio…PLTGU Tambak Lorok: 1,034 MW1kPLTGU Tamb…PLTGU Muara Tawar Block 1 &2: 920 MW920PLTGU Muar…PLTGU Cilegon: 903 MW903PLTGU Cile…PLTGU Belawan – Sicanang: 817 MW817PLTGU Bela…PLTGU Muara Karang repowering: 753 MW753PLTGU Muar…PLTGU Muara Karang Block I: 509 MW509PLTGU Muar…

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

Owner

Operated by PLN – Indonesia Power. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

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 7.7°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.6°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,145cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
16 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 27 °CJF: 27 °CFM: 27 °CMA: 27 °CAM: 27 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 26 °CSO: 27 °CON: 27 °CND: 27 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~8% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #32 largest gas power plant of 41 in Indonesia by capacity.

Indonesia has 41 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 12,810 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -7.7264, 109.0094 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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