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Illustration of geothermal project. (ANTARA files/Ujang Zaelani) |
Padang Aro,
West Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The geothermal drilling in Solok Selatan, West
Sumatra, which will be utilized as power plant by PT Supreme Energy was
scheduled in 2012.
"Under
the contract, the geothermal drilling in Solok Selatan will be carried out in
the first quarter of 2012 with an initial plan of seven points in Pekonina,
Pauh Duo sub-district," head of the Solok Selatan energy and mineral
resources agency Yulian Efi said in the company of energy section chief
Zilhamri said in Padang Aro on Tuesday.
Yulian said
right now Supreme Energy with the assistance of the regional administration is
opening 70 hectares of land which would be continued by road construction.
"We
hope that in the five years of explorations, PLN would provide power
smoothly," he said.
He said
under the mining working area issued by the energy and mineral resources
minister in 2009, the geothermal power which would be produced in Solok Selatan
would reach 400 megawatts, while the geohermal area in Liki Pinangawan would
reach 62,300 hectares.
In the
meantime, according to the result of the initial survey by PT Supreme Energy
and the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 2008, there were 30 points
stretching from Balun, Koto Parik Gadang Diateh sub-district to Liki
Pinangawan, Pauh Duo sub-district, of geothermal power in Solok Selatan with a
capacity of 600 megawatts.
Yulian also
said that PT Supreme Energy planned to produce 1,120 megawatts of power in 2014
and 2015, and 110 megawatts in the first stage. And in the following year
production will reach 110 megawatts.
"Under
the contract, the power which will be produced reached 2x110 megawatts in 30
years," he said.
He said in
December or January 2012, the Solok Selatan administration will introduce the
development of geothermal power into electric power to the general public.
Besides
Solok Selatan, the potential of geothermal power in West Sumatra covers seven
regencies, including Pasaman, Solok, Pasaman Barat, Limapuluh Kota, Tanahdatar,
Agam or 17 points producing electricity of 1,656 megawatts.
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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