Construction of first power plant under the 10,000 MW program begins
Monday, April 30 2007 - 01:56 AM WIB
Contractor of the PLTU 2 Banten coal-fired power plant has started to build the US$492.94 million power plant project in Labuhan, Banten, the first coal-fired power plant projects built under the government’s fast track program aimed to provide additional power supply of 10,000 MW.
The Banten coal-fired power plant with a power capacity of 2x300-400 MW is being built by consortium Chengda Engineering Corporation of China and PT Truba Jurong Engineering as engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, with PT Widjaya Karya acting as sub-contractor, PLN’s spokesman Ario Subijoko said.
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro, accompanied by president director state electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) Eddie Widiono, laid the corner stone of the Banten power plant last week.
The construction of the plant is expected to be completed in July 2009, Ario said.
According to Ario, the construction of the coal-fired power plants will cut the use of fuel up to 40 percent and open an opportunity to use alternative energies and also increase the existing capacity and capability of the Java-Bali grid so that it can meet the demand growth of six percent per year.
He added that it would also balance the regional transmission system with high and extra high voltage channel as the backbone of power system in Java-Bali grid.
Besides the PLTU 2 Banten coal-fired power plant will also see the construction of PLTU 1 Banten coal-fired power plant with a capacity of 1x600-700 MW in Suralaya, Cilegon and the PLTU 3 Banten coal-fired power plant with a capacity 3x300-400 MW in Teluk Naga, Tangerang. (*)