EGAT eyeing Jambi power plant
Thursday, December 4 2008 - 01:33 AM WIB
Two Thai investors EGAT International Co. Ltd. and Intermining and Energy Co. Ltd-have announced a plan to jointly build a mine-mouth power plant in Jambi, Governor Zulkifli Nurdin said as quoted by The Jakarta Post.
The planned power plant would have a total output capacity of 500 megawatts (MW).
?They will conduct a survey in Jambi in the near future,? Zulkifli said.
Zulkifli said based on initial discussions and an agreement with the Thai government, the two investors would conduct immediately a survey on a number of regencies in Jambi that have coal deposits.(*)