Salak power plant starts operation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The third unit at the geothermal plant in Salak
\nmountain in West Java owned by PT Pembangkitan Tenaga Listrik
\nJawa-Bali I (PJB I) has started commercial operation.<\/p>\n
Ansaldo Energy of Italy, which supplied the unit's machinery
\nand built the plant, said yesterday that the 55 Megawatt (MW)
\npower unit came on stream on schedule in late August.<\/p>\n
The vice president of Ansaldo Asia-Pacific, Carlo Del Corso,
\ntold The Jakarta Post that the new power unit, called Salak 3,
\nwas the third built by Ansaldo for PJB 1, a subsidiary of the
\nState Electricity Company, PLN.<\/p>\n
Ansaldo had earlier built the Salak 1 and 2 power units, each
\nalso with 55 MW capacities, Del Corso said.<\/p>\n
He said the development of the Salak 3 power unit was financed
\nwith US$55 million in export credit from Italian banks, while
\nSalak 1 and 2 were funded with $88 million in export credits and
\na bilateral loan from the Italian government.<\/p>\n
Del Corso said Salak 3 marked an important step for the local
\nindustry as it was the first geothermal power unit to use a large
\npercentage of local components.<\/p>\n
\"The local content of the machinery at Salak 3 reached 25
\npercent,\" he said, adding that the power unit used a steam
\nturbine which was partly manufactured and wholly assembled at
\nstate-owned the PT PAL workshop in Surabaya, East Java.<\/p>\n
According to Del Corso, PAL and Ansaldo have signed a
\ncooperation agreement to manufacture machinery for geothermal
\nplants.<\/p>\n
PAL is under the supervision of the Indonesian Agency for
\nStrategic Industries, headed by State Minister of Research and
\nTechnology B.J. Habibie.<\/p>\n
The Salak geothermal power plant will become the largest in
\nthe country with six power units with a total installed capacity
\nof 330 MW power when complete. The other three power units --
\nSalak 4,5 and 6 -- each with a capacity of 55 MW, are being
\ndeveloped by Unocal Geothermal Indonesia. They are expected to
\ncome on stream soon.<\/p>\n
Del Corso said that besides the power units at Salak, Ansaldo
\nhad also completed a 60 MW power unit in Dieng, Central Java, for
\na consortium controlled by California Energy of the United
\nStates. This unit is now at the commissioning stage. (jsk)<\/p>",
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