Jakarta, April 27 (Antara) - The government, since the start of President Joko Widodo's administration in October 2014, has set a target to build power plants, with a total capacity of 35 thousand megawatts (MW) by 2019.
With the current national power capacity of 51 thousand MW, the implementation of the 35 thousand-MW project is expected to increase the national power capacity to 86 thousand MW.
However, after about 2.5 years of administration, the program's target seems unlikely to be achieved in 2019. The most ideal capacity that could be realized under the program until 2019 is only about 19 thousand-20 thousand MW. Hence, by that time, the total national electricity capacity is forecast to reach 70 thousand to 75 thousand MW.
Though the target is unlikely to be achieved in 2019, the government will continue to build power plants until the 35 thousand-MW target is achieved.
"A capacity of 19 thousand-20 thousand MW is the most logical one that could be achieved in 2019," Arcandra Tahar, the deputy energy and mineral resources minister, noted in a discussion on the harmony of the national and regional general energy plans for national energy resilience and reliance at the Gajah Mada Univeristy, Yogyakarta, on Tuesday (Apr 24).
The forecast to achieve only about 19 thousand-20 thousand MW of the target by 2019 is based on the economic growth trend that is still in the range of 5.1-5.2 percent. The 35 thousand-MW target was set with an estimated economic growth at seven to eight percent in 2019.
"The construction of power plants must be adjusted to the economic growth. If we build power plants but no one uses the output, then what is the purpose," the deputy minister pointed out.
However, the work on the remaining plants, which will not be built on time, will be continued in the following years to support the National Energy General Plan (RUEN) under which a target to set up power plants, with a total capacity of 430 thousand MW, by 2050 has been set.
"The remaining ones will be built based on the current time," Tahar emphasized.
According to the minister, the total installed capacity of electricity in the country currently reaches 51 thousand MW. Hence, with an additional 19 thousand to 20 thousand MW, it will reach about 70 thousand-75 thousand MW by 2019.
"Although the electricity reserve margins in various regions in the country are different, yet the 70 thousand-75 thousand MW are adequate to meet the needs in 2019," the deputy minister remarked.
National Energy Council member Tumiran noted that although the 35 thousand-MW target is difficult to achieve, yet the average per capita power consumption in the country should not go down, so that in 2025, the target of about 2,500 kilowatt-hour per year is met based on the RUEN.
"We cannot say anything if the target is delayed, but it should not be reduced from the set capacity," Tumiran stated.
Most importantly, the delay in meeting the power plant development target should not hinder the government's rural electrification programs.
The government continues to develop power plants as part of its efforts to increase the country's electrification ratio to about 99 percent by 2019, particularly in villages that are void of electricity supply.
In Riau and Riau Island provinces, for instance, the state-owned power company PLN has set a target to supply electricity to 107 villages this year.
"There are 256 villages which have not yet been provided electricity in Riau Province," General and Human Resources Manager of PLN for Riau and Riau Islands Dwi Suryo said in Pekanbaru on Wednesday (April 26).
The efforts to provide electricity to those villages are in line with PLN's Riau Bright program and the government's plan to build power plants with a combined capacity of 35 thousand megawatts up to 2019.
Installation of electricity in the villages will be carried out in phases, and priority will be accorded to villages which already have road infrastructure. This is just to make it easier for the mobilization of equipment and the installation of cables and poles. Governor Arsyaddjuliandi Rachman supported the program very much. "I heard from the governor's statement during his speech that he supported PLN's program. Therefore, we are optimistic that electrification for the 107 villages will be completed this year," Suryo noted.
In Indonesian eastern regions, PLN also set a target to provide electricity to 484 villages in Maluku, North Maluku, Papua, and West Papua provinces to increase the national electrification ratio, which currently reaches 91 percent.
According to the firm's Director of Regional Business of Maluku and Papua, Haryanto, PLN is currently undertaking electrification projects in 365 villages in Papua and 119 villages in Maluku.
In 2016, PLN had provided electricity to 96 villages in Papua and West Papua as well as 34 villages in Maluku and North Maluku.
"The number will continue to increase in a bid to increase the success of 'Menuju Maluku Papua Terang 2020' (Towards Maluku and Papua Bright in 2020)," Haryanto noted in a press statement released by the PLN headquarters in Jakarta on Tuesday.
In the meantime, the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) branch of PLN is accelerating the development of an electrical transmission system across Flores Island after implementing a similar project on Timor Island.
Deputy Manager of Law and Public Relations from PLN's NTT branch Sulistiyoadi Nikolaus noted that their team was currently working on a 70-kilovolt high-voltage transmission link from the Ulumbu until Main Plant (GI) in Ruteng, the capital of Manggarai.
"Right now, we are still setting up the transmission network and installing some peripherals," he revealed in Kupang on Wednesday (April 26).
Moreover, the GI Ruteng-GI Labuan Bajo transmission link is still under construction, pending the removal of conductors and expansion of the network.
The number of towers to be erected for electrical transmission in Flores Island comprises 44 in the Ulumbu-Ruteng network, 150 for the Ruteng-Labuan Bajo network, 172 for the Ruteng-Bajawa network, 218 for the Bajawa-Ropa network, and 122 for the Ropa-Maumere network.
"Meanwhile, 268 towers will be erected for the Maumere-Larantuka network, which is still not part of the contract," he said.**3***A014/INE)EDITED BY INE
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