State electricity company PT PLN is planning to build a hydro power plant with a capacity of 2x25 megawatts in Jatigede, Sumedang district, West Java province.
The plan would soon be realized following an agreement between PLN and the Directorate General of Water Resources at the Public Works Ministry, PLN senior corporate communication manager Bambang Dwiyanto said here on Thursday.
Under the agreement, the Public Works Ministry will develop and manage a dam needed to operate the power plant, while PLN will build and manage the power plant.
The construction of Jatigede hydro power plant will cover a power house, along with water ways, surge tank, penstock, tailrace, transformer yard and switch yard, transmission line and other supporting facilities.
“The electrical power produced by the Jatigede power plant will be incorporated to the Java-Bali 150 kV transmission system,” Bambang said.
The construction of the dam is designed not only to generate electricity but also to irrigate 90 hectares of rice field and control floods in West Java`s northern coastal areas, particularly between Cirebon and Indramayu.
The construction of the hydro power plant will cost an estimated US$224.4 million.
Bambang said PLN was in the process of preparing a tender for the construction of the 2x25 megawatt-capacity power plant. “We hope that the Jatigede power plant will be able to supply electrical power to the Java-Bali transmission system as early as in 2015,” he said.
