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PLN builds power grid for food estate in C. Kalimantan
The infrastructure covers 20,000 ha, of the total 164,600 ha earmarked in Central Kalimantan for the program.
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PLN technicians provide electricity to power a food estate in Central Kalimantan. (Courtesy of PLN)
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tate-owned electricity monopoly PLN says it has built infrastructure to power the nationally strategic food estate program in Central Kalimantan
PLN reported on Monday that it had built a 55.7-kilometer circuit of a mid-voltage network (JTM), a 59.7-kilometer circuit of a low-voltage network (JTR) and 29 substations in Pulang Pisau and in Kuala Kapuas.
The newly built infrastructure is slated to power 20,000 hectares of food estate, out of a total 164,600 ha earmarked in Central Kalimantan for the program, which is included in the 2020–2024 National Strategic Projects list.
“This power infrastructure is built to meet power demand in accordance with the growth projection of the food estate in the future,” said PLN South and Central Kalimantan general manager Tonny Bellamy in a statement.
The food estate program aims to improve Indonesia’s food security by industrializing production of key staple foods such as rice, garlic, shallots and chilies.
Read also: Explainer: All you need to know about the govt’s food estates
Indonesia fell three places in the annual Global Food Security Index ranking to 65th last year, out of a total of 113 countries, lower than Southeast Asian peers Malaysia (40th), Thailand (54th) and Vietnam, which came 62nd.
