| Embassy of Indonesia - Ottawa Canada | November 25 , 2002 |
ADB to extend loans for power projects
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JAKARTA (JP): The Asian Development
Bank (ADB) is considering extending US$160 million in loans to Indonesia
to build 10 small-scale hydro and geothermal power projects, a senior
official of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said here on
Monday.
"We are now in the final stages of negotiations with ADB and hopefully the projects can be carried out in September next year," Director General of Electricity and Energy Exploitation Luluk Sumiarso said as quoted by Antara. The projects will be prioritized for regions outside Java such as North Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara and Kalimantan to make up for a deficit in energy supply in the regions, adding that there was already an energy crises there. The capacity of each of the planned power plants would be around 30 MW. |
Source : The Jakarta Post |