PLTP Ijen to start operation in 2019
Tuesday, October 16 2012 - 12:16 AM WIB
State utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said that the geothermal power plant (PLTP) Ijen in Banyuwangi regency of East Java province would start commercial operation in 2019.
The geothermal project developer, PT Medco Geothermal Indonesia and its partner PT Cahaya Ijen Energy, is now conducting a survey of G&G (Geological & Geophysical) for the power project which will have a generation capacity of 2 x 55 Megawatt (MW).
?The developer is now doing a pre-feasibility study and it hasn?t yet completed it,? said Anang Yahmadi, the senior manager of geothermal at PLN Division of New and Renewable Energy.
He said that the price agreed by developer and PLN was 8.58 US cents per kilowatt hour (kWh).
The 2 x 55 MW geothermal power plant will need a total investment of US$280 million. It was started to be developed in 2011 and expected to fulfill the rising need of electricity in East Java province.
Editing by Benget Besalicto Tnb.