Sorong power station is a 50 MW gas power plant in West Papua, Indonesia. It ranks #339 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_sorong_indone.
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 GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 50 MW, Sorong power station is below the median gas plant in Indonesia (150 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #127 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.
Location
Coordinates -0.876, 131.255 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Sorong power station?
Sorong power station is a 50 MW gas power plant in West Papua, Indonesia, Announced 2027.