Austindo mulls palm oil-based power plant project in W. Kalimantan
Wednesday, May 24 2017 - 11:28 AM WIB
Courtesy of Austindo
IDX-listed palm oil firm PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk is currently studying the possibility of developing a biomass power plant at its oil palm concession in Ketapang, West Kalimantan.
Sucipto Maridjan, Austindo Director, said to Petromindo.com on Wednesday that the planned power plant project may be realized within the next five years. ?The potential (capacity) is between 2-3 MW,? he said.
He added that the company is also looking at potential similar project in North Sumatra, but quickly added that the plan will depend on the power tariff of state-owned electricity firm PT PLN.
Austindo through subsidiary PT Austindo Aufwind New Energy currently operates a 1.8 MW biogas power plant in Bangka Belitung.
The company said in April it has proposed to PLN for upward revision of tariff of electricity from the power plant in the wake of the introduction of Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation No 12/2017 which sets electricity tariff from renewables power plant at 85 percent of the so-called regional electricity supply cost (or regional BPP) where the plant is located.
The electricity from the Jangkang Belitung biogas power plant, which started operation in 2013, currently stands at Rp 975 per kWh. Meanwhile, the regional BPP in Bangka Belitung currently stands at Rp 1,900 per kWh, which means that based on the new policy, the power tariff of the Jangkang Belitung power plant can be raised up to Rp 1,615 per kWh.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak