Eight gas-fired mobile power plants with a cumulated capacity of 500 MW have been officially inaugurated in Indonesia. The plants' capacities range between 25 MW and 100 MW and the eight projects have been installed in Lombok (West Nusa Tenggara), on Bangka Island, in Lampung (South Sumatra), in Pontianak (West Kalimantan), in Bengkalis (Riau Islands), on Belitung Island and in Nias and Medan in North Sumatra. Some of the plants started operations in 2016. The projects have been developed as part of the national programme to add 35,000 MW of power capacity by 2019.
In addition, national power utility PT PLN has signed contracts for 16 projects with a total generating capacity of 1,825 MW. The company has signed four contracts amounting to 927 MW, including the 650 MW Muara Tawar 2-3-4 add-on project, the 140 MW PLTMG Bangkanai (Peaker) Stage-2 project, the 100 MW MPP Package 7 (Flores, Nabire, Ternate and Bontang) and 37.5 MW of diesel power plants. Six diesel-fired and gas-fired power projects will also be developed, for a total capacity of 328 MW. PT PLN has also signed six construction contracts for 500 kV transmission lines in North Java. The power plants are expected to be commissioned in 2018 and the lines should be added by 2019, to achieve the government plans to reach an electrification rate of 99% by 2019.
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