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Jakarta
(ANTARA News) - Three state firms will cooperate in producing solar cells at a
total cost of US$30 million, an official said.
"In
the first phase, the solar cells which will be produced in the first semester
of 2012 may have a capacity of 30 megawatts," the deputy for
infrastructures and logistics to the state enterprises minister, Sumaryanto
Widayatin, said here Thursday.
The three
state firms are electricity company PT PLN, construction company PT Wijaya
Karya Tbk, and highway operator PT Jasa Marga Tbk.
Sumaryanto
said the cooperation is part of synergy to deal with rising demand for
electrical power.
"In
the first phase, Jasa Marga will serve as off taker (direct user) of the solar
cell production," he said.
In
addition, the solar cells will also help PLN meet electrical power needs in
remote areas, outlying islands and hinterlands, he said.
The study
on the development of solar cells has reached the final stage, he said adding
the three state firms will soon set up a kind of subsidiary to carry out the
project.
He said
Indonesia has large potentials to develop solar cells.
"We
have quartz sand deposits of up to 75 billion tons as raw material to make
solar cell crystal or silicon," he said.
Editor: B Kunto Wibisono
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