PGE: COD of Ulubelu unit 4 can be accelerated to Q1 2017
Thursday, September 29 2016 - 04:11 AM WIB
PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), a subsidiary of state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina (Persero), has scheduled to achieve the commercial operation date (COD) of the unit 4 of the Ulubelu 55 MW geothermal power plant in Tanggamus Regency, Lampung Province, in the first quarter of 2017, according to a top official of the firm.
?COD of the unit 4 of Ulubelu geothermal power, which was initially planned in June 2017, can be moved forward to March 2017,? President Director of PGE Irfan Zaenuddin told Petromindo.com.
PGE has since July 15 operating the unit 3 of the Ulubelu 55 MW geothermal power plant, sooner than the August 6 schedule. The completion of the third unit of the Ulubelu geothermal power plant has increased the total capacity of the plant to 165 MW. The first and second units have been in operation since 2012.
Each of Unit 3 and 4 has a capacity of 55 MW. Once Unit 3 and 4 have been completed, the capacity of the power plant will rise to 220 MW.
Both Unit 3 and 4 projects are worth US$397 million with financing provided by Pertamina and the World Bank. The groundbreaking of the projects were held last year by President Joko Widodo.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak