Indonesia

 

Indonesia plans to more than double coal production to 560 million tonnes per year by 2025. Out of that number, 300 million tonnes per year will be allocated to the domestic market and the remaining 260 million tonnes per year will be exported, ArgusMedia reported.

ADB will extend $120 million in loans to Papua New Guinea for renewable energy facilities. The country suffers critical electricity supply gaps in provincial urban centers.

World Bank has allocated loans partly to help Indonesia build power plants.

Siemens and NTP will invest approximately US$16.4 million in a steam turbine production facility in Bandung, West Java. Production is scheduled to start in the spring of 2011 with an annual capacity of 40 units. Fields of application for these industrial steam turbines will include geothermal, biomass, waste and solar thermal.

The construction of a 10MW wind power plant in Indonesia started with Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf laying the foundation stone.  It is located in Suak Bakong village, Kluet subdistrict, South Aceh regency.

GE and Indonesia’s BPPT will jointly develop renewable energy utilization, cleaner coal and energy efficiency projects.

A Tata and Origin Energy-led consortium became the successful bidder for the Sorik Marapi geothermal project.

A subsidiary of China Huadian Corporation became the first foreign-funded company licensed to operate a power plant in Indonesia.

Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to build three interconnected power transmission networks worth US$1 billion.

The World Bank will help Indonesia meet its growing electricity demand through a newly approved financing package worth US$ 225 million.

Wärtsilä has been contracted by Lihir Gold Limited to supply a US$83.8 million barge-mounted power plant to its Lihir Island gold mine.

A consortium formed by AREVA has been awarded a US$166.7 million contract by PT PLN, the Indonesian Public Electric utility.