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Power plants in Indonesia

A directory of 401 power plants in Indonesia with a combined installed capacity of 160,906 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

401power plants
160,906MW total capacity
6fuel types
0with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Indonesia)

Coal: 191 plants191CoalGas: 138 plants138GasHydro: 41 plants41HydroOil: 18 plants18OilGeothermal: 10 plants10GeothermalNuclear: 3 plants3Nuclear

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Indonesia electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

680gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
18.1%low-carbon electricity
18.1%renewables
81.9%fossil fuels
Coal: 62 % of electricity62CoalGas: 18 % of electricity18GasHydro: 7 % of electricity7HydroBioenergy: 6 % of electricity6BioenergyOther Renewables: 4 % of electricity4Other Rene…Oil: 2 % of electricity2OilSolar: 0 % of electricity0SolarWind: 0 % of electricity0Wind

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Indonesia

#PlantFuelMW
1PLTU Paiton I Unit 7 & 8Coal5,355
2Batubara power stationGas4,800
3Weda Bay power stationCoal4,540
4Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plantNuclear3,500
5PLTU SuralayaCoal3,400
6Sulawesi Labota power stationCoal3,360
7Nanshan Industrial Park power stationCoal2,880
8Bangko Tengah power stationCoal2,640
9Xinyi Group captive power stationCoal2,500
10Sujiawumei LNG power stationGas2,400
11PT Halmahera Persada Lygend Nickel Smelter power stationCoal2,390
12Delong Nickel Phase III power stationCoal2,295
13Gallant Venture power stationCoal2,250
14AlamTri Aluminum Smelter power stationCoal2,200
15Sulawesi Mining power stationCoal2,080
16Hongshi Silikon power stationCoal2,000
17Jawa-12 power stationCoal2,000
18Jawa-13 power stationCoal2,000
19Bangka Belitung nuclear power plantNuclear2,000
20Muria nuclear power plantNuclear2,000

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Indonesia?

There are 401 power plants in Indonesia in this open dataset, with about 160,906 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Indonesia?

PLTU Paiton I Unit 7 & 8 is the largest at about 5,355 MW (coal).

What fuels generate electricity in Indonesia?

The most common plant type in this dataset is coal (191 plants), across 6 fuel types in total.

How clean is Indonesia's electricity grid?

Indonesia's grid carbon intensity is about 680 gCO₂/kWh, with 18.1% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).