Bau-Bau Power Station is a 60 MW coal power plant in , Indonesia. It is operated by PT PLN (Persero). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 75k homes (estimated). It ranks #312 of 401 Indonesia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2024, it is around 2 years old — recently built. In context, coal supplies about 61.5% 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 GEM_coa_baubau_indon.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 60 MW, Bau-Bau Power Station is below the median coal plant in Indonesia (220 MW). Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Indonesia coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 101,995 MW across 191 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 89 of 122 dated coal plants in Indonesia are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Indonesia
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by PT PLN (Persero).
Climate zone & how it works
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 5.5°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
How it compares & nearby plants
The #163 largest coal power plant of 191 in Indonesia by capacity.
Indonesia has 191 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 101,995 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Kendari-3 power station · Coal · 100 MW · Southeast Sulawesi
- Delong Nickel Phase I power station · Coal · 530 MW · Southeast Sulawesi
- Pomalaa Nickel power station · Coal · 60 MW ·
- Delong Nickel Phase II power station · Coal · 1,840 MW · Southeast Sulawesi
- Sulbagsel-2 power station · Gas · 300 MW · South Sulawesi
- Kluster Poci power station · Gas · 200 MW · South East Sulawes
Location
Coordinates -5.459424, 122.605949 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Bau-Bau Power Station?
Bau-Bau Power Station is a 60 MW coal power plant in , Indonesia, commissioned in 2024.
Who operates Bau-Bau Power Station?
Bau-Bau Power Station is operated by PT PLN (Persero).