Kalselteng-3 power station

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Kalselteng-3 power station is a cancelled power station in South Arut, West Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kalselteng-3 power station South Arut, West Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia -2.8086279, 111.6430664 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 cancelled coal - unknown 100 subcritical 2024
Unit 2 cancelled coal - unknown 100 subcritical 2025

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali Investasi (PT PJBI) [100.0%]
Unit 2 PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali Investasi (PT PJBI) [100.0%]

Background

This project is mentioned on Table 13 of the 2015-2024 PT PLN long range supply plan, scheduled for 2019 and 2020. It comprises two units of 100 MW each.[1]

A PT PLN September 2015 list of companies interested in mine-mouth IPP plants showed several companies expressing interest in Kalselteng-3, including PT Katingan Ria, PT Korindo, PT Golden Energy Mines, PT Metro Energy, PT PJB Dan and PT Prima Multi Artha, Jhonlin Energi Kalimanta, and PT Pandu Adidaya.[2]

In August 2016 PT PLN said it would put the Kalselteng-3 plant out for tender, with the selected Project Sponsor intended to develop, finance, construct and operate the Project on a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) basis.[3]

In the 2017-2026 long-range plan, three power plants are rescheduled to 2021-2022, with a note that the plants are being reframed as mine-mouth power plants. The goal is to achieve greater economies.[4] The plant does not appear in the 2018-2027 long-range plan. The long-range plan for 2019-2028 reschedules the two units for 2024/2025.[5] PLN has assigned responsibility for developing the plant to its subsidiary Pembangkitan Jawa Bali Investasi (PJBI).[6]

In 2019, the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) listed the Kalselteng-3 mine-mouth project as one of three coal-fired power projects being considered by Indonesia as part of the Belt and Road Initiative. Walhi argued that the Indonesian government's continued development of coal-fired power proves that it "has no sensitivity to the environment or environmental issues."[7]

In September 2020 PT PLN Persero announced that it had acquired a coal mine for the mine-mouth plant but did not give the mine's exact location.[8] In November 2021, the project was cancelled by directive of a letter from Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Letter No. T-373/TL.03/MEM.L/2021.[9]

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