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Kendari-3 power station

Coal power plant in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Approximate location -4.0512916, 122.6534484.

CoalSoutheast SulawesiIndonesiasubcritical

Kendari-3 power station is a 100 MW coal power station in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is operated by PT DSSP Power Kendari [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 125k homes (estimated). It ranks #274 of 401 Indonesia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2019, it is around 7 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).

100MW installed capacity
125,142homes powered (est.)
2019commissioned (~7 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_kendari3_indon.

Data status

Known data

FacilityKendari-3 power station GEM-coal
CountryIndonesia · Southeast Sulawesi GEM-coal
Coordinates-4.0512916, 122.6534484 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity100 MW GEM · 2026 · L100000102810; operating plant capacity
OwnerPT DSSP Power Kendari [100%] GEM-coal
Commissioned2019 GEM-coal
Technologysubcritical GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions438,000 t CO₂·a⁻¹ calculated
Capacity rank in country#274 / 401 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#145 / 191 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.45× · 220 MW · n=191 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent125,142 calculated

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102810; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 100 MW, Kendari-3 power station is below the median coal plant in Indonesia (220 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Indonesia

PLTU Paiton I Unit 7 & 8: 5,355 MW5kPLTU Paito…Weda Bay power station: 4,540 MW5kWeda Bay p…PLTU Suralaya: 3,400 MW3kPLTU Sural…Sulawesi Labota power station: 3,360 MW3kSulawesi L…Nanshan Industrial Park power station: 2,880 MW3kNanshan In…Bangko Tengah power station: 2,640 MW3kBangko Ten…Xinyi Group captive power station: 2,500 MW2kXinyi Grou…PT Halmahera Persada Lygend Nickel Smelter power station: 2,390 MW2kPT Halmahe…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by PT DSSP Power Kendari [100%].

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 rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 4.1°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season mean
Tropical rainforest: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby plants

The #145 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 -4.0512916, 122.6534484 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Kendari-3 power station?

Kendari-3 power station is a 100 MW coal power plant in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, commissioned in 2019.

How many homes can Kendari-3 power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 125,142 homes (estimated).

Who operates Kendari-3 power station?

Kendari-3 power station is operated by PT DSSP Power Kendari [100%].

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