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31055
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 10:01
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KADIN CALLS ON BANKS TO SUPPORT GOVT POWER CRASH PROGRAM
Jakarta, Nov 19 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) has called on national banks to provide financial support for the government's crash program in developing 10,000 MW power plants.
The Kadin chairman for energy and mineral resources affairs, Dito Ganinduto, said here on Tuesday that the government's target to meet 100 percent of the people's need for electricity supply in 2010 was a heavy task.
"The electricity supply in the country only covers about 64 percent of the population. This means that there are still 36 percent of the population who have not yet enjoyed electricity supply," he said.
He said that the use of primary energy supply for power generators was not yet optimal and under a continuous basis where the use of fuel oil was still relatively big.
"Kadin is also proposing to the government to optimize the use of gas and coals, which reserves are still large, as fuel for power generators," he said.
Investment in the energy and mineral resources sector in 2007 is recorded at Rp14.754 trillion, which consists of Rp10.08 trillion in oil and gas, Rp3.32 trillion in electricity and Rp1.35 trillion in coal and geothermal. The 2008 investment in this sector is estimated at US$21.7 billion or Rp206.15 trillion.
The Kadin chairman for energy and mineral resources affairs, Dito Ganinduto, said here on Tuesday that the government's target to meet 100 percent of the people's need for electricity supply in 2010 was a heavy task.
"The electricity supply in the country only covers about 64 percent of the population. This means that there are still 36 percent of the population who have not yet enjoyed electricity supply," he said.
He said that the use of primary energy supply for power generators was not yet optimal and under a continuous basis where the use of fuel oil was still relatively big.
"Kadin is also proposing to the government to optimize the use of gas and coals, which reserves are still large, as fuel for power generators," he said.
Investment in the energy and mineral resources sector in 2007 is recorded at Rp14.754 trillion, which consists of Rp10.08 trillion in oil and gas, Rp3.32 trillion in electricity and Rp1.35 trillion in coal and geothermal. The 2008 investment in this sector is estimated at US$21.7 billion or Rp206.15 trillion.
