PLN, the 8th Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Company in the World

According to Global Energy Monitor data, as of the end of the first half of 2023, 2,068 companies owned coal-fired power plants (PLTU) worldwide.

Of these thousands of entities, PT PLN (Persero) is ranked 8th globally in terms of coal-fired power plant capacity.

As of the end of the first half of 2023, PT PLN (Persero) owned 52 operational coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 8.43 GW.

This figure does not include coal-fired power plants owned by PLN subsidiaries or those owned by PLN through joint ventures with other parties.

The top position on this list is held by NTPC Ltd, an Indian government-owned energy company. As of the end of the first half of 2023, they owned 112 operational coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 48.56 GW.

This figure also does not include coal-fired power plants owned by NTPC subsidiaries or those owned by NTPC through joint ventures with other parties.

Below is a complete list of the top 10 companies with the largest coal-fired power plant capacities in the world, along with their countries of origin as of the first half of 2023:

1. NTPC Ltd (India): 48.56 GW
2. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (South Africa): 43.13 GW
3. Adani Power Ltd (India): 12.04 GW
4. Taiwan Power Co (Taiwan): 11.6 GW
5. Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (India): 9.82 GW
6. JERA Co Inc (Japan): 9.02 GW
7. RWE Power AG (Germany): 9.01 GW
8. PT PLN (Persero) (Indonesia): 8.43 GW
9. J-POWER Co Ltd (Japan): 8.41 GW
10. Tennessee Valley Authority (United States): 8.08 GW

No Chinese companies are in this top 10 list, even though China has the world's largest coal-fired power plant capacity.

This is because coal-fired power plants in China are owned by a vast number of entities—1,168 companies—with a tendency towards decentralized ownership.

According to Global Energy Monitor data, no entity in China has accumulated coal-fired power plant ownership reaching 7 GW per company.