Chinese investor to build coal-fired power plant in S. Sulawesi
Wednesday, May 3 2006 - 12:54 AM WIB
Chinese investor will start building a 60-megawatt coal-fired power plant at Jeneponto in South Sulawesi, the Bisnis Indonesia newspaper reported in its Wednesday edition.
The investor has already conducted the feasibility study and fulfilled both technical and non-technical requirements. Therefore, it is expected that the construction work will begin very soon.
Jeneponto?s regent Radjamilo said that there are four companies ? construction contractor Cyinda, China bank, PT Bosowa Makassar and Jeneponto administration -- are involved in the building of the coal-fired plant.
South Sulawesi Governor Amin Syam is hoping that the building of the plant will meet the electricity demand in the province. (*)