Bahodopi Vale Nickel Smelter power station — Indonesia

Bahodopi Vale Nickel Smelter power station is a 500 MW gas power station in Sulawesi, Indonesia. It ranks #83 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 GOGPT_bahodopivalenickelsmel_indone.

Data provenance

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

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 500 MW, Bahodopi Vale Nickel Smelter power station is well above the median gas plant in Indonesia (150 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — 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 #21 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

• Wanxiang Nickel Indonesia power station · Coal · 130 MW · Central Sulawesi
• Larona · Hydro · 165 MW · South Sulawesi
• Sulawesi Mining power station · Coal · 2,080 MW · Sulawesi Tenggara
• Sulawesi Labota power station · Coal · 3,360 MW · Central Sulawesi
• Qingdao Zhongsheng captive power station · Coal · 390 MW · Central Sulawesi
• PT IHIP power station · Coal · 350 MW · Central Sulawesi

Location

Coordinates -2.7809, 121.823735 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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