PLN plans to build 12 hydropower plants<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
State electricity firm PT PLN is planning to build 12
\nhydropower plants across the nation to meet the growing demand
\nfor electricity.<\/p>\n
The 12 include nine with a total generation capacity of 447
\nmegawatts (MW), to be funded by the Japan Bank for International
\nCooperation (JBIC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and
\nthree with a combined capacity of 9.9 MW, to be funded by the
\nstate budget, the firm said in a statement presented on Thursday
\nduring a meeting with House of Representatives Commission VIII,
\nwhich oversees energy affairs.<\/p>\n
On the sidelines of the meeting, PLN director of generation
\nand primary energy Ali Herman Ibrahim declined to specify the
\ntotal investment for the project, saying the construction cost
\nwould be about US$1.5 million per megawatt of capacity.<\/p>\n
Among the projects are the 210 MW Musi plant, South Sumatra,
\nand the 82 MW Renun plant, North Sumatra.<\/p>\n
He said the projects were expected to be completed in 2006.<\/p>\n
Apart from the 12 power projects, the firm will start building
\n10 more hydropower plants next year in North Sulawesi, Gorontalo,
\nPapua, East Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa
\nTenggara. PLN has secured financing from the ADB for the 10
\nprojects, which have a combined capacity of 61.9 MW.<\/p>\n
PLN has also secured financing from JBIC to build two other
\npower plants, the 150 MW Asahan project, North Sumatra, and the
\n130 MW Kusan project, South Kalimantan. However, it did not
\nspecify when construction on the projects would start.<\/p>\n
In addition, PLN, in partnership with private firms, would
\nbuild four hydropower plants with a total capacity of 677 MW.<\/p>\n
PLN said the above projects were among the 72 hydropower
\nprojects the firm was planning to develop in the coming years to
\nmeet the nation's growing demand for power.<\/p>",
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