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Solar energy in rural areas:
Indonesia to spend US$ 84 m
The Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry announced that
it would spend 800 billion rupiah (about 84 million U.S. dollars) to
build solar power plants with a total capacity of 2,234 kilowatts-peak
to expand access to electricity in rural areas next year, the Jakarta
Globe reported.
“The electricity produced by the plants will benefit 150,000 to
200,000 households in different parts of the country,” Jacobus Purwono,
the ministry’s director general of electricity said.
The Kilowatts-peak is a measure used to describe maximum output by a
solar power plant under ideal conditions, expressed in kilowatts.
An estimated 84 million of the country’s 240 million population have
no access to electricity, Jacobus said.
This year, the government has allocated 600 billion rupiah ( about
62.4 million dollars) to build solar plants for 100,000 people. Under
the ministry’s 2010-2014 power generation blueprint, it would build 250
solar-powered plants across the country, he added. In addition, the
government also planned to build 570 micro hydropower plants with a
generating capacity of 45.6 megawatts, to set solar power generating
panels for 192,000 homes and to build 270 wind power generator with a
total power capacity of 21.67 MW.
JAKARTA, Tuesday, Xinhua |
