The construction of a 28-megawatt steam power plant (PLTU) in Timika, Papua, is scheduled to start later this month, an official of state electricity company PT PLN said Friday
he construction of a 28-megawatt steam power plant (PLTU) in Timika, Papua, is scheduled to start later this month, an official of state electricity company PT PLN said Friday.
'Hopefully, the groundbreaking for the construction of the project will be held this month,' Semuel Farwas, manager of PLN's Timika office, said as quoted by kompas.com.
According to Semuel, some of the materials for the project had been delivered to the site in Mimika Timur Jauh district, while other materials were on the way from Surabaya, East Java.
The power plant is estimated to take 19 months to construct at a cost of about Rp 1 trillion. Construction of the plant on a 10-hectare plot of land will be carried out by PLN and PT Rekadaya Elektrikal.
The plant site used to be utilized by copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia as a port to store explosive materials.
Semuel said that by 2014, the first of the four units of the plant was expected to be operating and generating 7 megawatts of electricity, followed by another unit every three months.
'If the four units of the plant produce a total capacity of 28 megawatts, it is expected to help meet electricity demands in Timika,' said Semuel.
Timika currently has 26,000 customers that consume around 20 megawatts of electricity. PLN provides 18 megawatts from its
diesel-fueled power plant. The remainder is met by generators rented from PT Manunggal and PT Sewatama . (nai)
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