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New Pekanbaru power plant to start working in December
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Power source: Visitors gather in front of the Tenayan coal-fired power plant (PLTU) in Tenyan Raya district, Pekanbaru, Riau, on Monday. Three years after the beginning of construction, the facility is set to commence operations next month, with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo scheduled to attend the firing-up ceremony. (JP/Rizal Harahap)
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hree years after the beginning of construction, the Tenayan coal-fired power plant (PLTU) in Pekanbaru, Riau, is set to commence operations next month, with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo scheduled to attend the firing-up ceremony.
Speaking to reporters on Monday evening during a visit to the facility, state electricity company PLN's business director for Sumatra, Amir Rosidi, said the power plant, which is designed to generate up to 2 x 110 megawatts (MW) of electricity, was scheduled to start on Dec. 9.
"The construction of the power plant's Unit 1 was completed in April and Unit 2 four months later," he told reporters, adding that the facility was currently undergoing a series of commissioning tests.
To boost the country's electrification ratio, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration wants to build enough new power stations to produce an additional 35,000 MW of electricity by 2019. Of the figure, 18,000 MW are actually new projects offered to private investors, while the remaining 7,000 MW are a carryover from president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's term and 10,000 MW are PLN's share. (hwa)
