Rp 1.2 trillion power plant

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.