Bimantara's power projects

SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): PT Trans Java Gas Pipe-Land, a subsidiary of the widely diversified PT Bimantara Citra, will build two power plants in Central Java in cooperation with the state oil company Pertamina and Mitsubishi of Japan.

"We have provided a land site of 75 hectares for the construction of the power plants at the Cilacap Industrial Estate in Central Java," the chairman of the Coordinating Board for the Regency Development in Cilacap, Rahardjan Sujadi, told the press here yesterday.

One of the two power plants will be generated by steam, while the other will be fueled by natural gas. Each of them will have a generation capacity of 450 megawatts, he said.

Sujadi said the establishment of the power plants will cost Rp 1 trillion (US$431.03 million).

Bimantara, which is controlled by President Soeharto's second son Bambang Trihatmodjo, will invest Rp 600 billion for the construction of the steam-powered plant and Rp 400 billion for the gas-fired plant.

Sujadi emphasized the importance of the power plants to support the development of industries in the southern part of Central Java, particularly in Cilacap and Purwokerto regencies. (har/13)