Jakarta
(ANTARA News) - State electricity company PT PLN is planning to build a hydro
power plant with a capacity of 2x25 megawatts in Jatigede, Sumedang district,
West Java province.
The plan
would soon be realized following an agreement between PLN and the Directorate
General of Water Resources at the Public Works Ministry, PLN senior corporate
communication manager Bambang Dwiyanto said here on Thursday.
Under the
agreement, the Public Works Ministry will develop and manage a dam needed to
operate the power plant, while PLN will build and manage the power plant.
The
construction of Jatigede hydro power plant will cover a power house, along with
water ways, surge tank, penstock, tailrace, transformer yard and switch yard,
transmission line and other supporting facilities.
"The
electrical power produced by the Jatigede power plant will be incorporated to
the Java-Bali 150 kV transmission system," Bambang said.
The construction
of the dam is designed not only to generate electricity but also to irrigate 90
hectares of rice field and control floods in West Java`s northern coastal
areas, particularly between Cirebon and Indramayu.
The
construction of the hydro power plant will cost an estimated US$224.4 million.
Bambang
said PLN was in the process of preparing a tender for the construction of the
2x25 megawatt-capacity power plant. "We hope that the Jatigede power plant
will be able to supply electrical power to the Java-Bali transmission system as
early as in 2015," he said.
Editor: Heru
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