UPC Renewables seeks permit for Sidrap wind farm phase 2 project
Tuesday, November 14 2017 - 01:30 AM WIB
Independent power producer PT UPC Renewables Indonesia plans to develop a second phase of the Sidrap PLTB wind power plant project with capacity of 50 MW.
Wind Engineer at UPC Renewables Eduardus Jonathan Sutanto told Petromindo.com on Monday that the company is currently seeking the required permit and in the process of acquiring the required land.
He added that the company is still in negotiations with state-owned electricity firm PT PLN over the tariff of electricity from the planned project.
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said previously that based on the existing Ministerial Regulation No 50/2017, electricity tariff from wind farm in the southern part of Sulawesi is around 7.63 US cents per kWh.
Regarding technology, Jonathan said that the company is currently still making the study on the wind profile in the planned location of the phase 2 project, which differs from the wind profile of the phase 1 project.
UPC Renewables is currently developing the first phase 75 MW PLTB Sidrap in South Sulawesi Province, which is targeted to start operation in the first quarter of 2018. The company is a consortium comprising of PT Binatek Energi Terbarukan, PT UPC Renewables Indonesia and AC Energy Holdings.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak