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Construction of Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP) Unit 5 Kamojang capacity of 30 MW and Lahendong geothermal field development to supply steam to PLTP Unit 4 Lahendong inaugurated.
Construction of Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP) Unit 5 Kamojang capacity of 30 MW and Lahendong geothermal field development to supply steam to PLTP Unit 4 Lahendong inaugurated. This is expected to enhance the role of geothermal energy to national energy security.
Inauguration of the two projects marked with the inscription made in Bramanta Dipa Building, Office Area PGE Kamojang, Garut, by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik, accompanied upstream director Muhammad Husen.
PLTP Unit 5 Kamojang-run Pertamina Geothermal Energy is a development of 4 units of existing geothermal power plants with an installed capacity of 200 MW currently. The plant could begin operating by the end of 2014 and increase the installed capacity of 30 MW.
Location PLTP Unit 5 Kamojang location adjacent to Unit 4 Kamojang PLTP in land area 3.85 acres, located 42 kilometers south-east of the city of Bandung or 23 kilometers Northwest of town Garut. Generating Kamojang first began operations in 1982 with a capacity of 30 MW.
Meanwhile, Pertamina Geothermal Energy is also continuing development of geothermal field geothermal working area Lahendong, North Sulawesi. The development is to supply steam to PLTP Lahendong Unit 4 operated by PT PLN (Persero) with installed capacity of 20 MW.
"We welcome the assignment given by the government to immediately take advantage of geothermal energy. Dua project of Pertamina Geothermal Energy is part of Pertamina's determination to optimize the utilization of renewable energy, primarily sourced from geothermal," said Director of Upstream Muhammad Husen.
Pertamina Geothermal Energy is a subsidiary of Pertamina, which manages 14 geothermal working areas spread across Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawe
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