Yudhistira plans biomass power plant in East Nusa Tenggara

PT Yudhistira Energi is planning to develop a 5 MW biomass power plant in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara province, using calliandra wood as feedstock.

The provincial administration said in a statement that company officials, facilitated by the administration, met with local residents on Monday to acquire the required land for the project of about 1,200 hectares.

Yudhistira Director Pudjianto said that the company will set up a new subsidiary called PT Yudhistira Timor Energi that would develop the power plant project, the output of which to be sold to state-owned electricity firm PT PLN. He did not provide further details about the planned project.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak