Mimika District Head Abdul Muis and PLN officials would be present in the ceremony.Timika, Papua (ANTARA News) - Work will start to build a steam powered electric plant in Timika , Mimika Timur, Papua Province, next week, the state power utility company (PLN) said.
Semuel Farwas, the manager of the Timika unit of PT PLN, said here on Friday, a corner stone would be laid to mark the start of construction on Monday.
Mimika District Head Abdul Muis and PLN officials would be present in the ceremony, Farwas said.
Construction of the power plant which will have a generating capacity of 28 megawatts will be handled by PT Rekadaya Elektrikal, a subsidiary of Pembangkit listrik Jawa-Bali (PJB).
Construction that will cost Rp1 trillion will take 19 months, Farwas said.
The contract for the construction of the project was signed in Jakarta in March this year by PLN President Nur Pamudji and PT Rekadaya Elektrikal president Didi Hasan Putra.
Farwas said most units of equipment needed for the project have been ready in the village of Ayuka, the project location.
One unit of the two-unit power plant is expected to be in operation in mid 2014.
(Uu.H-ASG/F001)
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