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Govt reduces geothermal energy contribution
Indonesia has revised downward the planned capacity for geothermal-fired power plants under the second 10,000 megawatt (MW) crash program by about 700 MW as some of the initially proposed projects cannot be finished within the program time frame
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ndonesia has revised downward the planned capacity for geothermal-fired power plants under the second 10,000 megawatt (MW) crash program by about 700 MW as some of the initially proposed projects cannot be finished within the program time frame.
The government initially planned to produce as much as 4,733 MW under the second 10,000 MW power program from geothermal power. But in its latest report, state power utility PLN said the electricity supply to be generated from geothermal energy will be reduced to between 3,975 MW and 4,077 MW.
"After evaluation, we conclude some of the geothermal power plants will be difficult to complete by 2014, because the working areas are still green field sites. Therefore some units will be taken out of the program," Electricity and Energy Utilization director general J. Purwono told reporters Tuesday.
The 10,000 MW electricity project is planned to make up for the lack of investment in power plants in the last decade which has contributed to the power shortages across the country.
PLN expects that the first 10,000 MW program will start generating as much as 3,200 MW power during 2010.
The second 10,000 MW project is expected to be started this year and completed in 2014. However, the final total power capacity planned to be generated from the second-phase project is not yet clear and these estimates are being changed from time to time.
PLN recently said the total program capacity would reach 10,677 MW. But, in a latest hearing with the House of Representative Commission VII overseeing energy and mineral resources on Monday, PLN's director for planning and technology Nasri Sebayang said that total program capacity would now be 10,193 MW.
Of this 10,193 MW, as much as 12 percent would be generated from hydro power plants; 15 percent from gas-fired combined-cycle power plants; between 39 and 40 percent from geothermal power plants; and 33 percent from coal power plants, Nasri said.
"PLN will manage about 50 percent of the projects, while the remaining 50 percent will be built and operated by IPPs *Independent Power Producers*," Nasri said.
