Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Coal mining company PT Adaro Indonesia plans to build a mine-mouth coal-fired power plant with a capacity of 60 MW in South Kalimantan province in cooperation with construction firm PT Makmur Sejahtera Wisesa.
The power plant to be built on 86 hectares of land at Maridu village in Tabalong district is expected to be operational late next year, spokesman for PT Adaro Indonesia Y Andriansyah said on Tuesday.
Under the cooperation agreement, PT Adora Indonesia will only supply coal to the power plant while PT Makmur Sejahtera Wisesa will bear all the cost arising from its construction.
The area is believed to hold 600 million tons of coal deposits.
Power shortages have forced state electricity company PT PLN to introduce rotary power blackouts in several parts of the province in recent years.
To date, there are two coal-fired power plants with a capacity of 126 MW, three hydro power plants with a capacity of 28.50 MW and 29 generators with a capacity of 86.45 MW.
In addition, PT PLN also buys around 20 MW of power plants from private power plants to meet increasing demand.
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