PLTG Tarakan — Indonesia

PLTG Tarakan is a 23 MW gas power plant in North Kalimantan, Indonesia. It ranks #367 of 401 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000858.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 23 MW, PLTG Tarakan is below the median gas plant in Indonesia (150 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #132 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.

Nearby power plants

• Tarakan power station · Coal · 200 MW · East Kalimantan
• I Skip power station · Coal · 30 MW · East Kalimantan
• PLTMG Pulau Bunyu · Gas · 2 MW · North Kalimantan
• AlamTri Aluminum Smelter power station · Coal · 2,200 MW · East Kalimantan
• Tawau Power Station (SESB) · Oil · 64 MW · Sabah
• Serudong Power · Oil · 36 MW · Sabah

Location

Coordinates 3.3, 117.6333 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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