Salak plant connected to Java-Bali grid<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Salak geothermal power plant Unit 4 in West
\nJava, which was codeveloped by PT Unocal Geothermal Indonesia and
\nstate-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, has been connected to
\nthe Java-Bali power grid, Pertamina said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Unocal Geothermal Indonesia is a subsidiary of the United
\nStates electricity company Unocal Corporation.<\/p>\n
Pertamina spokesman Ramli Djaafar said the 55 Megawatt (MW)
\npower unit was connected to the grid on Sept. 30.<\/p>\n
The power unit is one of three power units being jointly
\ndeveloped by Unocal and Pertamina, and the first to be connected
\nto the Java-Bali power grid.<\/p>\n
The two other power units, called Salak Unit 5 and Salak Unit
\n6, are under the commissioning stage and will be soon connected
\nto the Java-Bali power grid, he said.<\/p>\n
The Salak Units 5 and 6 also will have a capacity of 55 MW
\neach, he added.<\/p>\n
The construction of the Unocal-Pertamina's Salak geothermal
\npower plants were among 10 power plant projects allowed to
\ncontinue by the government amid the current monetary crisis.<\/p>\n
The government has postponed or reviewed dozens of government
\nprojects and government-related projects, including 19 power
\nprojects, in an effort to overcome the monetary crisis.<\/p>\n
State-owned electricity company PLN said that PT Pembangkitan
\nListrik Jawa-Bali I -- a PLN subsidiary -- currently operates
\nthree geothermal power units at the Salak power plant, referred
\nto as Salak Units 1, 2 and 3.<\/p>\n
Salak Units 1, 2 and 3 also have a 55 MW capacity.<\/p>\n
Djaafar said the Salak power plant would become the country's
\nlargest geothermal power plant complex once all the three power
\nunits developed by Unocal-Pertamina came on line next year.<\/p>\n
According to PLN data, the three Unocal power units are worth
\nUS$266 million.<\/p>\n
The power purchase agreement signed by Unocal, Pertamina and
\nPLN in 1994 states that PLN would buy power from their power
\nunits for 8.4 U.S. cents during the first 14 years of the
\ncontract and for 4.9 cents from the 15th to 30th years. (jsk)<\/p>",
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