Sumitomo to Build Lahendong Power Plant in North Sulawesi
Friday, 20 November, 2009 | 12:01 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: State-owned electricity company (PLN) has appointed Sumitomo as contractor for the Lahendong geothermal power plant project unit 4 in North Sulawesi.

“The project is part of the second phase of the 10,000-megawatt power plant acceleration program,” said PLN's Director of Planning and Technology, Bambang Praptono, yesterday (19/11).

He said that the contract between PLN and Sumitomo would be signed in 2010.

It is scheduled to complete the construction of this power plant with a capacity of 20 megawatts by 2012.

The construction will cost US$20 million. “It is being funded by the Asian Development Bank,” he said.

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