Jakarta
(ANTARA News) - State electricity company PT PLN is operating the biggest solar
power plant (PLTS) with a capacity of 600 kW in the outermost island of Morotai
in North Maluku.
The
company`s director for Indonesian eastern region operations, Vickner Sinaga,
said in a press statement received here on Sunday the operation of the PLTS
would reduce oil consumption by an average of 800 liters daily or save about
Rp2.5 billion a year.
"The
PLTS began operating yesterday or Saturday," he said.
He said PLN
would continue improving its service across Indonesia by prioritizing the use
of alternative energy sources especially for the Indonesian eastern regions.
He said the
operation of the PLTS will also help support the implementation of the Sail
Morotai 2012 which is to be held from May to June.
Recently PT
PLN operated a 350kW solar power plant at the peak period in the Sebatik island
in East Kalimantan bordering Malaysia and another 100kW on Miangas island in
North Sulawesi close to the Philippines.
The
operation of the PLTS is part of the company's plan to distribute electricity
to 100 outermost islands using 100 percent solar power with the target of
achieving it by October 28, 2012.
PLN also
expects 1,000 islands across Indonesia will have used solar energy as the
source of their power plants by 2014 at the latest.
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