Antara, Jakarta | Thu, 05/15/2008 3:25 PM
The government is set to build a new 10,000 MW-capacity power plant next year in order to meet increasing electricity consumption nationwide, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Thursday.
He said the construction was part of a two-phase 20,000 MW- capacity power development plan to meet the rising demand for power resources.
"Power consumption continues to increase on Java and on the outer islands," Purnomo said.
He said all of the new plants would be located on Java and that they would be powered by a mixture of coal, geothermal and natural gas.
Two coal-generated plants, one with a 7,000 MW capacity and the other with a 3,000 MW capacity, have already been built during the first phase of development.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.