Rp 1.2 trillion power plant

MANADO, North Sulawesi: The province is soon to have a steam- generated power plant with a capacity of 110 megawatts per day located in Kawangkoan Bawah village, Minahasa district, North Sulawesi.

Construction of the Rp 1.2 trillion (US$508 million) project started Thursday in a ground-breaking ceremony led by deputy governor P.P. Keppel, Antara reported.

Chairman of the board of commissioners of PT Tenaga Listrik Swasta, Amurang Ibrahim Risjadson, said in his report that the project was scheduled to be completed by the end of 1999 and operational by 2000.

The power plant will require about 400,000 tons of coal every year.

The electricity produced by the plant will be sold to the state electricity company, PLN, under a power purchase agreement already signed by PLN and PT Tenaga Listrik Swasta Amurang.