Sumitomo Develops Tanjung Jati B III-IV
Friday, 01 December, 2006 | 15:42 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: PT PLN (Persero) will increase the capacity of the Steam-Powered Electric Generating Plant (PLTU) of Tanjung Jati B Unit III and IV by 2x660 megawatt. The project is a development from Tanjung Jati B Unit I and II, that will be carried out by Sumitomo—a Japanese company which is targeted to be in operation in 2007.

Director of Human Resources and Organization of PLN (state electricity company) Djuanda Nugraha Ibrahim said that PLN is still negotiating the power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tanjung Jati B operator PT Central Java Power. “This is an IPP or private electricity generator wherer PLN only buys the electricity,” he said yesterday (11/30) in Jakarta.

He has explained that Sumitomo—as the contractor of supply and construction of PLTU Tanjung Jati B unit III and IV—will build the generator with the same construction as the previous two units. The negotiation of power purchase is planned to have an initial agreement in January 2007. Afterwards, within six months, the signing of PPA can be done. “It will only be operated in mid-2010 since construction will take around 36 months,” he said.

The building of two additional units of PLTU Tanjung Jati B, Djuanda said is financed by the Japan Bank for International Corporation. The financial institution has given a commitment whose value is still awaiting the PPA agreement.

MUHAMAD FASABENI