Ulubelu Unit 3 on track to achieve COD in Q3 2016

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), a subsidiary of state owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina (Persero), said on Thursday that the third unit of its PLTP Ulubelu geothermal power plant in Lampung on track to achieve commercial operation date (COD) in the third quarter of 2016.

Meanwhile, the fourth unit is scheduled to achieve COD in June 2017, PGE?s President Director Irfan Zainuddin said.

Each of Unit 3 and 4 has a capacity of 55 MW. At present the power plant which is located in Tanggamus regency has two units, Unit 1 and 2, each with similar capacity. 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.

At present, PGE owns 12 geothermal concessions which at present produces 437 MW from four concessions namely Kamojang (235 MW), Ulubelu (110 MW), Lahendong (80 MW) and Sibayak (12 MW). The firm is now developing projects with a total capacity of 510 MW.

Following is the list of the projects:

No	Projects	Capacity	COD schedule
1	Ulubelu Unit 3	55 MW	August 2016
2	Lahendong Unit 5	20 MW	December 2016
3	Karaha Unit 1	30 MW	December 2016
4	Lumutbalai Unit 1	55 MW	December 2016
5	Ulubelu Unit 4	55 MW	June 2017
6	Lahendong Unit 6	20 MW	July 2017
7	Lumutbalai Unit 2	55 MW	June 2018
8	Hululais Unit 1	55 MW	January 2018
9	Sungai Penuh Unit 1	55 MW	June 2019
10	Lumutbalai Unit 3	55 MW	2022
11	Lumutbalai Unit 4	55 MW	2023

Editing by Johannes Simbolon