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South Korea to help PLN install submarine power cables
A South Korean company has agreed to help state-owned electricity company PLN set up underwater electricity cables to increase the national electrification ratio and support renewable energy development in Indonesia.
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Indonesian state-owned electricity company PLN and South Korea’s LS Corporation sign a partnership agreement on submarine power cables in Seoul on July 28. (PLN/-)
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outh Korean cable and system holding company LS Corporation has agreed to help state-owned electricity company PLN set up underwater electricity cables to increase the national electrification ratio and support renewable energy development in Indonesia.
LS Corporation and PLN said on Thursday that the agreement included necessary terms and conditions to enable a discussion, joint studies and knowledge transfer between the two sides.
PLN president director Darmawan Prasodjo added that the company needed to develop its benchmarking tools and examine more studies on submarine power cable development, especially those related to the establishment of offshore wind turbines.
“PLN needs to [develop] underwater electricity cable technology to expand electricity networks between regions and islands to increase the electrification ratio in Indonesia,” he said in a statement.
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The government calculates the electrification ratio based on the number of households that have access to electricity compared to the total number of households in the country.
Some 4,700 villages in so-called frontier, remote and disadvantaged (3T) areas have yet to gain access to electricity, PLN data shows, and the electrification ratio remains below 80 percent in provinces like East Kalimantan and the Maluku Islands.
