Indonesia's Third-Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Project in the World

According to Global Energy Monitor data, in 2023 there were 402 coal-fired power plants (PLTU) under construction worldwide, with a total capacity of 204.15 gigawatts (GW).

If all are completed, global coal-fired power generation capacity will increase by 10%.

Detailed by location, the largest coal-fired power plant construction projects in 2023 were in China, with a total capacity of 136.24 GW.

Indonesia ranked third globally, with coal-fired power plant construction totaling 14.49 GW.

Other countries with the largest new coal-fired power plant projects in the world include India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, South Korea, South Africa, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Laos, with capacity details as shown in the graph.

Global Energy Monitor criticized this, as the construction of new coal-fired power plants is considered inconsistent with the carbon emission reduction commitments outlined in the Paris Agreement.

"Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of CO2 emissions from the energy sector globally," said the Global Energy Monitor team in their *Boom and Bust Coal 2023* report.

"To achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement in limiting global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, reducing the use of coal for power generation is the most important step," they continued.

According to Global Energy Monitor, to meet the Paris Agreement, the group of developed countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) must reduce coal-fired power plant operations with a total capacity reduction of 60 GW per year until 2030.

Then, the group of non-OECD countries, including Indonesia, cumulatively needs to reduce coal-fired power plant operations by 91 GW per year until 2040.

However, Global Energy Monitor assesses that the implementation of these commitments is still far from expectations.

"Although there was a decrease in the use of coal-fired power plants in several regions in 2022, the world is currently not on the right track to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement," they said.