The Jakarta Post | Mon, 05/14/2012 9:32 AM
JAKARTA: The government will no longer allow the construction of diesel power plants in order to reduce fuel subsidies that have contributed to an ever-widening state budget deficit, Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa has said.
In the future Indonesia should focus on the construction of geothermal, hydro, gas or coal-fired power plants to meet the surge in the electricity demand both from households and industry, Hatta said as reported by Antara news agency.
State-owned electricity company PT PLN has recently focused on the construction of gas- and coal-fired power plants to meet growing electricity needs.
The company still operates a number of diesel power plants with a capacity of between 700 and 800 Megawatts (MW).
PLN president director Nur Pamudji claimed the company had stopped the construction of diesel fuel-fired power plants three years ago.
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