Sumut-1 power station — Indonesia

Sumut-1 power station is a 300 MW coal power station in North Sumatra, Indonesia. It ranks #132 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_sumut1_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, Sumut-1 power station is well above the median coal plant in Indonesia (220 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — 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 #81 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

• PLTGU Belawan – Sicanang · Gas · 817 MW · North Sumatra
• Medan Steel Mill Power Plant · Coal · 60 MW · North Sumatra
• PLTG Belawan · Gas · 260 MW · North Sumatra
• PLTG Belawan TTF · Gas · 105 MW · North Sumatra
• PLTU Pangkalan Susu 1 & 2 · Coal · 400 MW · North Sumatra
• Tanjung Pasir power station · Coal · 400 MW · North Sumatra

Location

Coordinates 3.78025, 98.63694 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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