Gemma Lombok Looney
Number of posts : 591 Location : Kuta Lombok / Jimbaran Bali Registration date : 2008-07-01
| Subject: Lombok to get two new power plants Mon May 04, 2009 1:40 pm | |
| Lombok to get two new power plantsAlfian , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 04/30/2009 10:32 AM | Business The government will build two coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 75 megawatts in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara. The project was opened officially by Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Purnomo Yusgiantoro on Thursday, the ministry's official website said. The two power plants will be loacated in Kebon Ayu village, Gerung district, West Lombok. The first power plant, named PLTU 1 Lombok-NTB, has a capacity of 25 megawatts. The second one, PLTU 2 Lombok-NTB, has a capacity of 2x25 megawatts. Both power plants will use low rank coal for their fuel. They will need about 195,000 tones of coal per year. The power plants are expected to help the province anticipate a power deficit that currently reaches 10 megawatts in peak hours. Lombok to get two new power plants | |
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