Xinyi Group captive power station — Indonesia

Xinyi Group captive power station is a 2,500 MW coal power station in Riau Islands, Indonesia. It ranks #9 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_xinyigroupcaptive_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 2,500 MW, Xinyi Group captive 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 #7 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

• Gallant Venture power station · Coal · 2,250 MW ·
• PLTU Tanjung Kasam · Coal · 110 MW · Riau Islands
• Panaran power station · Gas · 164.1 MW · Riau
• Batamindo Industrial Park power station · Gas · 114 MW · Riau
• Tanjunguncang power station · Gas · 120 MW · Riau Islands
• Bintan power station · Coal · 200 MW ·

Location

Coordinates 0.86008, 104.1801 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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