Suralaya Power Station is a
coal-fired power station
A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide there are about 2,500 coal-fired power stations, on average capable of generating a gigawatt each. They generate ...
located on Cilegon,
Banten
Banten (, , Pegon alphabet, Pegon: بنتن) is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang and its largest city is Tangerang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capi ...
in Indonesia. The station has a maximum generating capacity of 4,025 megawatts.
History
The power station project was built in four steps and now has eight units.
Step 1 = 2x400 MW operated in 1984
Step 2 = 2x400 MW operated in 1984
Step 3 = 3x600 MW operated in 1997
Step 4 = 1x625 MW operated in 2011
Step 1 with two units was built in 1984. Coal is the primary fuel used in this unit.
Units 5,6,7 and 8 were built in 1997 and 2011, this is the newest and most efficient unit at Suralaya Power Station. It is able to burn a wide variety of fuels like
natural gas
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,
heavy fuel oil
Heavy fuel oil (HFO) is a category of fuel oils of a tar-like consistency. Also known as bunker fuel, or residual fuel oil, HFO is the result or remnant from the distillation and cracking process of petroleum. For this reason, HFO contains seve ...
,
straw
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,
wood pellets
Pellet fuels (or pellets) are a type of solid fuel made from compressed organic material. Pellets can be made from any one of five general categories of Biomass (energy), biomass: industrial waste and co-products, food waste, Crop residue, agricul ...
and
sugarcane
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in the same burners. The plant facilities can transfer 900 tons of wood pellets per hour from ship to shore, although some environmentalists question the benefits of biomass. As a by-product, high quality
plaster
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is made when cleaning the
flue gas.
Power lines
The power plant connects to the industrial and metropolitan area using 500 kV and 150 kV transmission lines.
See also
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Fossil fuel power plant
A fossil fuel power station is a thermal power station that burns fossil fuel, such as coal, oil, or natural gas, to produce electricity. Fossil fuel power stations have machines that convert the heat energy of combustion into mechanical en ...
References
Coal-fired power stations in Indonesia
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