Maulana Falithurrahman

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Wind energy in Indonesia PLN to build wind power

plants in Aceh
The countrys first large-scale wind turbines plant will be built in
Sukabumi, West Java, later this year this with a total capacity of 30 megawatts,
according to a news report in The Jakarta Post. State electricity firm PT PLN says
it will investigate building wind power plants in Aceh and East Nusa Tenggara.
PLN said that the company built two small-scale, 200,000-kilowatt wind
power plants as pilot projects in the areas. The location of the wind farm projects
are in Singkil [Aceh] and Sumba [East Nusa Tenggara]. PT PLN would study slowpace wind power production in Sumba for six months before deciding if it would
build a full-size plant.
According to the Global Wind Energy Council, Indonesia wants to build 255
MW of wind turbines capacity by 2025. With approximately 243 million people,
Indonesia trails only China, India and the US in terms of population. The southeast Asian tropical republic is made up of more than 17,500 islands. According to
a 2009 estimate in the CIAs World Factbook, Indonesia imports 456,700 barrels
of oil each day.
It is about time PLN started investing in wind energy. Forget about nuclear
energy in Indonesia and use what God has given to us wind and water. Cheaper
and not dangerous to the country. The only issue is that the whole process must
be well audited and transparent.
PT PLN will optimize wind power to be the energy source of power plants.
This year, PLN is targeting alternative power development in three areas. The
new technology requires locations with at least 2 3 meters per second of wind
speed as the energy source for wind power plants. The available wind potential
with such speed is equivalent to 9.268 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
The price for the wind power electricity is only Rp 820 per kilowatt hour,
cheaper than oil fuel which is Rp 2,400 per kilowatt hour. Each construction of 1
MW PLBT requires US$ 3 million in investment. In the initial stages, PLN will test
PLTB Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara Timur, and PLTB Singkil for six months. If it is
successful, it will be used as the national production, said Nasri. One power
plant to be built will have 200 kW to 1 MW capacity. Its small, but well build
many.
Based on the electricity need in Sumba, PLN has targeted a PLTB with a
total capacity of 10 MW. Until 2019, PLN will build 74 MW wind power plants, with
investments valued at US$222 million. The wind energy development has been
impeded because high and stable speed is only available in certain areas. As
such, high technology is required to develop low-speed wind.
Source
: http://www.evwind.es/2011/03/31/wind-energy-in-indonesia-pln-tobuild-wind-power-plants-in-aceh/11029