Coal development faces many problems in Indonesia<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Expanding the use of coal in Indonesia still
\nfaces several problems related to regional spatial plans and
\nenvironmental issues and lack of inter-ministerial coordination,
\na senior official said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Director General of Electricity and Energy Development Zuhal
\nsaid that the government is encountering growing environmental
\nconcerns in its efforts to expand the use of coal.<\/p>\n
"Therefore, clean coal technology should be applied to enhance
\nits role in the future. The problem, though, is that such
\ntechnology is very expensive," he said at a three-day seminar on
\nenergy starting yesterday.<\/p>\n
He noted that Indonesia held about 36 billion tons of coal
\ndeposits but 60 percent of them are of low quality.<\/p>\n
C.J. Johnson, the head of the East-West Center Coal Project in
\nHawaii said that the growth in Indonesian coal exports is
\nexpected to slow down after 2000 as the domestic market begins to
\nabsorb much of the new capacity and less competitive deposits are
\ndeveloped.<\/p>\n
"The exports are not projected to exceed 50 million tons and,
\naccording to our medium projection, they will decrease after
\nabout 2000 or 2005," he told the seminar.<\/p>\n
He noted that Indonesia's coal production is projected to
\nreach 75 million tons by 2000 and 125 million tons by 2015.<\/p>\n
"Indonesia, China, India and Australia are expected to
\ndominate the growth in coal production over the next two decades,
\naccounting for 97 percent of the increase in Asia's production,"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Johnson said that Indonesia's total domestic electricity
\ngeneration capacity of about 25 gigawatts (GW) over the 1981-1983
\nperiod is projected to reach 35 GW in 2000 and over 80 GW in
\n2015.<\/p>\n
Coal's share in the generation capacity is projected to grow
\nby an average of 12 percent per year, from 3.5 GW in 1995 to 10
\nGW in 2000 and 35 GW in 2015, he added.<\/p>\n
He said as a percentage of Indonesia's total energy mix,
\ncoal's share is projected to increase from 11 percent this year
\nto 16 percent in 2000 and 21 percent in 2015. (04)<\/p>",
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