Khazanah plans to develop power plants in Sumatra
Thursday, June 19 2014 - 02:30 AM WIB
Malaysia?s Khazanah Nasional Berhad has expressed interest to invest in power plant development in Sumatra including in transmission line connecting Sumatra and Malaysia, according to Coordinating Minister for the Economy Chairul Tanjung.
He told reporters on Wednesday that the abundant coal potential in Sumatra has attracted Khazanah to develop power plants in the neighboring island. He did not say further details about the planned investment.
Chairul, however, added that Khazanah was also interested in linking with Malaysia the planned 500 kV undersea Sumatra-Java transmission line, so as to allow the transmission of electricity from Indonesia to Malaysia during day time (peak load time in Malaysia), and vice versa distribute electricity from Malaysia to Indonesia during night time (peak load time in Indonesia).(*)