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Hongshi Silikon power station — Indonesia

Coal power plant in West Java, Indonesia. Approximate location -6.87203, 107.59869.

CoalWest JavaIndonesiaAnnounced

Hongshi Silikon power station is a 2,000 MW coal power station in West Java, Indonesia. It ranks #16 of 401 Indonesia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 61.5% of Indonesia's electricity; the national grid averages 680 gCO₂/kWh (18.1% low-carbon) (2024).

2,000MW installed capacity

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_hongshisilikon_indon.

Data status

Known data

FacilityHongshi Silikon power station GEM-coal
CountryIndonesia · West Java GEM-coal
Coordinates-6.87203, 107.59869 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity2,000 MW GEM GCPT; source record
OwnerHongshi Holding Group Co Ltd GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#16 / 401 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#13 / 191 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers9.09× · 220 MW · n=191 calculated
Climate21.2°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 37/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

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 2,000 MW, Hongshi Silikon power station is well above the median coal plant in Indonesia (220 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #13 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

Location

Coordinates -6.87203, 107.59869 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

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Hongshi Silikon power station is a 2,000 MW coal power plant in West Java, Indonesia.

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