Papua to build microhydropower plants

Papua to build microhydropower plants

JAYAPURA, Papua: Papua authorities will construct three micro-
hydropower plants a bid to cope with power shortages in the
province.

The head of the office of state electricity company PT PLN in
Jayapura, Supriyanto, said on Wednesday a team of experts from
the World Bank had conducted a feasibility study over the
province's water resources recently.

The team then decided to build three microhydropower plants in
the districts of Jayapura, Yapen Waropen, and Prafi and
Manokwari.

Suriyanto said that the construction of the power plants would
also lead to the development of other sectors, such as
agriculture and fisheries. --Antara