Posts Tagged ‘PT PLN’

Geothermal ‘will not disrupt national park’

November 7th, 2008

Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung
West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan made assurances Thursday that geothermal exploration in Cisolok, Sukabumi regency, would not threaten the nearby Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park.
In September, the provincial administration announced PT Jabar Halimun Geothermal the winner of a tender to explore geothermal resources in Cisolok, with a concession area of [...]

PLN will Coal Import

November 5th, 2008

JAKARTA - PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara Indonesia will invite suppliers of coal from Australia, China, India and other countries. Efforts to import because a number of generating electricity, coal-fueled failed to obtain supplies from domestic producers.
Staff members of the Expert Field Logistics Coal PT PLN, Pudji Widodo, on Tuesday (4 / 11), said, the procurement [...]

PLN operates first power plant fired by crude palm oil

October 30th, 2008

Alfian, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Following the issue of a government regulation mandating the use of biofuel in all sectors, state power company PT PLN has started to operate a power plant fired by crude palm oil (CPO) which it claims to be the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific region.
PLN’s director Murtaqi Syamsuddin [...]

Indonesia to operate two new geothermal power plants in 2009

October 23rd, 2008

Two geothermal power plants with a total capacity of 122 megawatts (MW) could be in operation by next year to help ease the country’s power supply shortage.
Sugiharto Harsoprayitno, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s director of geothermal utilization, named the two plants as the Wayang Windu plant’s unit 2 in West Java, with a [...]

Indonesia : Two new geothermal power plants to operate in 2009

October 22nd, 2008

Olivia Hutabarat and Alfian, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Two geothermal power plants with a total capacity of 122 megawatts (MW) could be in operation by next year to help ease the country’s power supply shortage.
Sugiharto Harsoprayitno, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s director of geothermal utilization, named the two plants as the Wayang Windu plant’s unit [...]