Positive 2015, page-14

While waiting for the half yearly (2014) report from EWC, I came across another (Indonesiona) newspaper article, referring to earmarked lng sales from Sengkang. In addition to the shipments for the Bali power station, this time, the lng will go to Gorontalo (a town in North Sulawesi).

JAKARTA.
State Electricity Company (PLN) hold a tender engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for gas power plant (power plant) in Gorontalo (North Sulawesi). Plant which has a total capacity of 100 Megawatts (MW) was designed to use two fuels, namely gas and fuel oil (BBM).

Head of the Division of Fuel (BBM) and Gas PLN Soerjadi Mardjuki say, in fact, PLN just want to build a power plant only in Gorontalo. However, because the gas supply is uncertain, the plant can also use diesel. "The project is to overcome the power shortage," he said to KONTAN, Sunday (22/2).

In addition to the EPC work for the power plant, the winning bidder also must provide the vessel and storage or LNG storage and regasification facilities. Because, as much as 10 MMSCFD gas demand for power plant Gorontalo will be taken from Sengkang LNG plant. "However, if the Sengkang LNG is not ready to be retrieved from the Bontang LNG plant," explained Soerjadi.

Although he did not know the amount of the value of the power plant project in Gorontalo it, Soerjadi states, funding for the project was taken from PLN's internal budget. As soon as the winning bidder is determined, the contractor must complete the work for 6 months. Therefore, PLN want two projects that could operate December 25, 2015.
Editor: Hendra Gunawan