PLN signs MoUs for Kalimantan biomass power plant projects

State-owned electricity firm PT PLN signed on Tuesday MoUs with independent power producers (IPPs) for the development of two biomass-based power plant projects in Kalimantan.

PLN said in a statement that the first MoU was signed with PT Pusaka Jaya International for a 2x5 MW biomass power plant project, which will supply electricity in Sekadau and Putussibau, West Kalimantan Province.

The second MoU was signed with PT Pusaka Penajam Energi, which will develop a 2x5 MW biomass power plant in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan Province.

No further details were provided for the two planned projects.

PLN Director of Business for Kalimantan Region, Machnizon Masri said in the statement that the renewable power plant projects forms part of efforts to increase electrification ratio in remote areas.

Machnizon said that in line with the company?s electricity procurement business plan (or RUPTL), the Kalimantan region electricity system is projected to have additional power supply of 3,191 MW. With peak load in 2020 projected to reach 2,107 MW, there will be electricity reserves of more than 1,084 MW, enough to supply demand from industries in the region.

Elsewhere, PLN also signed MoUs on power supply with 15 industrial customers in Kalimantan with total planned installed capacity of 154 MVA.

The combined installed power capacity in the Khatulistiwa System of West Kalimantan, Barito System in South Kalimantan, and Mahakam System in East Kalimantan currently stands at 1,646 MW, while peak load stands at 1,215 MW, creating a surplus of 430 MW, and thus providing room for PLN to increase power supply to industries in the region, PLN said in the statement.

Following is the list of industrial customers which signed MoUs with PLN for future electricity supply.
1. PT Energi Pelabuhan Indonesia with capacity demand of 10.4 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA) for supply in Mempawah, West Kalimantan.
2. PT Buana Tunas Sejahtera with capacity demand of 10.9 MVA for supply in Badau ? Putussibau, West Kalimantan.
3. PT Bintang Barito Jaya with capacity demand of 6 MVA for supply in Balai Karangan, West Kalimantan.
4. PT Ketapang Ecology Agriculture Forestry Industrial Park with capacity demand of 10 MVA for supply in Ketapang, West Kalimantan.
5. PT Delta Prima Steel with capacity demand of 13.6 MVA for supply in Jorong ? Tanah Laut, South Kalimantan.
6. PT Ciputra with capacity demand of 16.5 MVA for supply in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.
7. PT Govindo Utama with capacity demand of 12.1 MVA for supply in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.
8. PT Jorong Port Development with capacity demand of 30 MVA for supply in Tanah Laut, South Kalimantan.
9. Perusahaan Daerah Batulicin Jaya with capacity demand of 8 MVA for supply in Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan.
10. PT Borneo Bay with capacity demand of 12.7 MVA for supply in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
11. PT Semeru Surya Semen with capacity demand of 8.7 MVA for supply in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
12. Rumah Sakit Pertamina Balikpapan Pertamedika (hospital) with capacity demand of 1.1 MVA for supply in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
13. Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten Kutai Timur (regency administration) with capacity demand of 7.5 MVA for supply in Kutai Timur, East Kalimantan.
14. PT Wulandari Bangun Laksana with capacity demand of 1.8 MVA for supply in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
15. PT Ciputra with capacity demand of 5 MVA for supply in Balikpapan and Samarinda, East Kalimantan.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak