New power plant projects require up to 50 mtpa coal supply

By Max Baggio

New coal-fired power plant projects, whose construction will start this year and are expected to be completed in 2019, will require 40-50 million tons per annum of coal supply, boosting domestic demand for the commodity.

This was said by Supangkat Iwan Santoso, Procurement Director at state-owned electricity company PT PLN.

As reported by this portal on Friday, a total of 10,000 MW power plant projects, most of which are large-scale coal-fired power plants, are expected to break ground this year. Construction process is expected to take between three to four years to complete. The projects, both to developed by PLN and private power companies, are part of the government?s ambitious 35,000 MW power plant development projects.

?So, when the power plant projects are completed by 2019, they will require at least about 40 million tons of coal per year,? he said, adding that among of the coal-fired power plant projects to break ground this year among others are PLTU Java IV in Tanjung Jati (Central Java), PLTU Cirebon Expansion (West Java), PLTU Cilacap Expansion (Central Java), PLTU Java VII in Banten, and PLTU Java III in Cirebon (West Java).

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak