MEMR signs energy-related infrastructure projects
Monday, February 29 2016 - 06:15 AM WIB
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sudirman Said witnessed on Monday the signing of contracts covering 133 strategic projects at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) including energy-related infrastructure projects, worth a combined Rp 3.04 trillion to be financed by the 2016 state budget.
?Twenty to thirty years ahead, there will be competition for energy and food resources. Therefore starting from now, we must make grand strategy, to focus on food and energy, and develop the necessary supporting infrastructure facilities,? Jokowi said in his speech.
The energy-related infrastructure project contracts signed today include projects on gas refilling station, gas pipeline network, mini hydro power plant, solar power plant, waste to energy power plant, and biogas power plant.
The largest of the projects are the Prabumulih gas network in South Sumatra (worth Rp 493 billion) and the 2 MW solar power plant in Manokwari, West Papua (worth Rp 57 billion).
Aside via tender mechanism, some of the projects are assigned directly to several state-owned and state-controlled companies including oil and gas firm PT Pertamina (Persero), gas distribution firm PT PGN (Tbk), engineering and construction firms PT Adhi Karya (Persero) Tbk and PT Hutama Karya (Persero), engineering and manufacturing firm PT LEN Industri (Persero), surveyor company PT Sucofindo, PT INTI (Persero), engineering and construction firm PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk, surveyor company PT Surveyor Indonesia, engineering and construction firm PT Nindya Karya (Persero), engineering company PT Rekayasa Industri, dan PT Energi Manajemen Indonesia (Persero).
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak