Sumbagsel-1 power station — Indonesia

Sumbagsel-1 power station is a 300 MW coal power station in South Sumatra, Indonesia. It ranks #130 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_sumbagsel1_indon.

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 300 MW, Sumbagsel-1 power station is well above the median coal plant in Indonesia (220 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — 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 #79 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

• Bangko Tengah power station · Coal · 2,640 MW · South Sumatra
• PLTU Bukit Asam · Coal · 30 MW · South Sumatra
• PLTU Tanjung Enim -Bukit Asam · Coal · 260 MW · South Sumatra
• PLTU Banjarsari/Merapi Timur-Lahat · Coal · 220 MW · South Sumatra
• Keban Agung power station · Coal · 270 MW · South Sumatra
• Timah South Sumatra power station · Coal · 300 MW · South Sumatra

Location

Coordinates -4.10589, 103.99474 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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