City, PLN team up to develop submarine electricity cable<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Jakarta administration and state power firm PLN plan to start
\nlaying a submarine electricity cable connecting North Jakarta and
\nPanjang island in order improve the power supply to islands in
\nthe southern part of the Thousand Islands Regency.<\/p>\n
The total cost of the project is expected to come to Rp 50
\nbillion.<\/p>\n
\"We will start laying the 5.5 kilometer optic cable early next
\nyear so that we can start using it by the end of 2006,\" Regent
\nDjoko Ramadhan told The Jakarta Post over the weekend.<\/p>\n
He said that the cable would replace 39 power generators,
\nwhich provide 30 Megawatts of electricity to the islands of the
\nregency.<\/p>\n
\"PLN president director Eddie Widiono has offered to help link
\nTeluk Naga in North Jakarta to Untung Jawa island, where the firm
\nwill also build a transformer to distribute electricity to other
\nislands in the southern part of the regency ... Governor Sutiyoso
\nhas agreed to the plan,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Djoko added that the electricity cable would cut the
\nconsumption of fuel supplied by the Jakarta Mining Agency to run
\nthe generators.<\/p>\n
He did not give details of how much fuel and money would be
\nsave, but explained that the operation and maintenance of the
\ngenerators cost a total of Rp 30 billion per year to supply
\nelectricity to residents and tourist resorts.<\/p>\n
Islands in the southern part of the regency, like Payung,
\nLindung, Pari and Lancak, will be the first to enjoy the benefits
\nof the new power linkup.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the islands in the northern part of the regency
\nwill be hooked up to the network in 2007 when the administration
\ncompletes the project's second stage, which will involve the
\nlaying of a 35-kilometer submarine cable at a cost of Rp 70
\nbillion.<\/p>\n
Djoko also said that state gas company PGN planned to build
\nsubmarine gas pipelines connecting Labuan Maringai, Lampung --
\nwhich is in the southwest tip of Sumatra island -- to Muara
\nBekasi in West Java, passing through the regency.<\/p>\n
\"We have asked the company to make another connection to
\nnearby Damar Besar island as we also plan to develop a compressed
\nnatural gas power plant there,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The regency, which was a district up until 2001, has a land
\narea of only 869.71 hectares, but a vast maritime area of
\n6,997.50 square kilometers.<\/p>\n
Of 106 islands and islets in the regency, only 11 are
\ninhabited by communities, while nine others play host to resorts.
\nThe total population of the regency is 20,376.<\/p>\n
The regency says it also plans to expedite the construction of
\na quay, at a cost to the city budget Rp 35 billion, for passenger
\nvessels and ferries to dock at Muara Angke, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"We need a spacious place for passenger vessels to dock
\ninstead of the current crowded berthing place, which also plays
\nhost to a fish auction,\" he said.<\/p>\n
At least vessels, each of which can accommodate 30 passengers,
\nwould use the new quay, which would be built close to the Muara
\nAngke low-cost apartments, he explained.<\/p>\n
Thousand Islands Regency strategic projects<\/p>\n
1. Special quay for passenger vessels in Muara Angke: Rp 35
\nbillion<\/p>\n
2. Submarine power cable: Rp 250 billion<\/p>\n
3. Development of tourist airstrip: Rp 30 billion<\/p>\n
4. CNG power plant on Damar Besar island: US$315 million<\/p>\n
Source: Thousand Islands Regency<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/city-pln-team-up-to-develop-submarine-electricity-cable-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }