PLN reduces coal-fired power plant projects

State-owned electricity firm PT PLN is reducing the number of coal-fired power plant projects in the future as it seeks to prioritize clean sources of energy, Kontan reported.

The paper said that PLN has recently completed its 2016-2025 electricity procurement business plan. Under this new plan, there is lesser number of coal-fired power plant projects compared to the previous 2015-2024 plan, with difference reaching a combined capacity of 8,000 MW.

PLN Director of Business for East Java and Bali region, Amien Subekti said that the company will focus more on developing power plant projects with clean sources of energy. ?We?ll prioritize renewable, as a consequence coal-fired power plants will be postponed, but it doesn?t mean there will be none at all,? he said.

Amien said that the change is needed to help meet the government?s energy mix target, in which renewable sources of energy are targeted to account for 23 percent by 2025. (*)