COMPETITION AMONG COAL MINERS TO RISE AS ROLE OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS TO DECLINE

[CATEGORY: ELECTRICITY]

   

Competition among coal miners in the domestic market is set to rise in the future as the contribution of coal-fired power plants under the recently approved 2016-2025 electricity procurement business plan (or RUPTL) of state-owned electricity firm PT PLN has been reduced.

According to the 2016-2025 RUPTL, the contribution of coal-fired power plants is projected to reach only 43.2 percent, or 34.8 GW, of the total 80.53 GW of planned new capacity. In comparison, under the previous 2015-2024 RUPTL, the contribution of coal-fired power plants was set at 59.8 percent of the total, or equal to 42.1 GW.

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Spokesman Sujatmiko as saying that the move to reduce the contribution of coal-fired power plants will increase the role of cleaner gas in the country's electricity sector.

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