... reduction in gas exports to Singapore, he said here on Sunday, would be replaced by export of electricity to that country...Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian government plans to reduce gas exports to Singapore to cover shortage of the strategic commodity in the country, deputy minister of energy Widjajono Partowidagdo said.
The reduction in gas exports to Singapore, he said here on Sunday, would be replaced by export of electricity to that country.
"The idea is that we will build a coal-fired power plant with a quite big capacity of, say, 4,000 MW in Batam in the Riau Islands province. Of the total 3,000 MW will be exported to Singapore through a transmission cable and the rest is for Batam and surrounding areas," he said.
He said the gas which is exported to Singapore and mostly used to generate electricity in that island country will then be transferred to Java to cover shortage of gas supply for power plants and industries.
He said, a plant with only a 1,000 MW capacity would first be built and later the capacity would be increased to 4,000 MW.
Widjajono said the government expected the contract of electricity sales to Singapore to be able to be signed before 2014. (K007)
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