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12946
Fri, 07/18/2008 - 20:56
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PLN PROPOSING JAVA-SUMATRA POWER TRASMISSION CABLE PROJECT
Jakarta, July 18 (ANTARA) - State-owned electricity company PLN is proposing a 650-km Java-Sumatra power transmission cable project to the National Development Planing Board (Bapennas) worth US$1.8 billion, its president director said.
"We have finished a feasibility study for the project and we have proposed it to Bapennas," PLN President Director Fahmi Mochtar said here on Friday.
He said based on estimates the mega power project would cost US$1.8 billion.
The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission cable would transmit 2,000 MW from power plants in South Sumatra to Java via the Sunda Strait.
The tranmission of such a volume of power required the conversion of the electricity current from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC).
Therefore, facilities to convert power from AC to DC would be built near the South Sumatra power plants and facilities for conversion from DC to AC near Jakarta.
The HVDC cable transmission project would be the first of its kind in Indonesia while not many companies were doing business in this field.
PLN has been imposing alternating power cuts in several parts of the country of late due to shortage of power supplies.
The PLN president director said recently the company had until now been having an electricity deficit of 600 MW per day or about 3,000 MW per week.
"We have finished a feasibility study for the project and we have proposed it to Bapennas," PLN President Director Fahmi Mochtar said here on Friday.
He said based on estimates the mega power project would cost US$1.8 billion.
The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission cable would transmit 2,000 MW from power plants in South Sumatra to Java via the Sunda Strait.
The tranmission of such a volume of power required the conversion of the electricity current from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC).
Therefore, facilities to convert power from AC to DC would be built near the South Sumatra power plants and facilities for conversion from DC to AC near Jakarta.
The HVDC cable transmission project would be the first of its kind in Indonesia while not many companies were doing business in this field.
PLN has been imposing alternating power cuts in several parts of the country of late due to shortage of power supplies.
The PLN president director said recently the company had until now been having an electricity deficit of 600 MW per day or about 3,000 MW per week.
