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Karimunjawa to get gas power plant
Karimunjawa Islands in Jepara, Central Java, will soon have a gas-fueled power plant to provide a 24-hour supply of electricity to local residents who currently get access to electricity only several hours a day, an electricity official has said
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arimunjawa Islands in Jepara, Central Java, will soon have a gas-fueled power plant to provide a 24-hour supply of electricity to local residents who currently get access to electricity only several hours a day, an electricity official has said.
State-owned electricity company PT PLN Kudus, Arif Noryadi, said as quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Monday the gas power plant development plan had been followed up with the construction of a feeder transmission line that had been completed.
In the second stage, he said, PLN would develop an electrical relay station and based on its master plan, it was expected that the gas power plant on Karimunjawa Islands could start operating this year.
Arif said PLN decided to build a gas-fueled power plant as the investment cost was lower than for other types, including an underwater cable network system.
Apart from its high investment cost, an underwater cable network system would have a high disruption potential as the distance between Jepara regency and Karimunjawa was more than 80 kilometers.
With a new gas power plant, Arif said diesel engines that supplied electricity to Karimunjawa residents could be used to generate power for people on other islands.
Karimunjawa district chief M.Taksin praised the government's plan to build a gas power plant.
He said PLN had installed a land electricity cable network in Karimunjawa and Kemojan villages. The planned gas power plant will be built on 1 hectare of land in Regon Bajak hamlet in Kemojan village.
The Karimunjawa Islands are inhabited by 10,000 people or 3,200 families living on five islands, namely Genting, Nyamuk, Karimunjawa, Kemujan and Parang.
Taksin said Nyamuk and Parang residents were currently using solar cell technology, reducing the use of fuel-based diesel engines to generate electricity for people on the two islands. (ebf)
