Shear English - Indonesia’s State Electricity Company (PLN) was not interested in developing a nuclear power plant because it was not efficient, the company’s CEO said. At the same time, Indonesia was rich in other alternative energy sources though they were not yet used optimally, PLN President Director Dahlan Iskan said here Wednesday.
"For now, we are not interested in using nuclear energy as there are many other energy sources which are cheaper," he said. According to him, it needed six years to build a nuclear power plant while the electricity costs Rp1,700.00 per kWh. "We still have plenty of energy sources such as coal, water, geothermal, and natural gas," he said at a coordinative meeting with directors and officials of the State Enterprises Ministry and local authorities.
Those alternative energy sources were abundant in Indonesia, while other countries, such as Japan and South Korea, had different condition, Dahlan said adding that it was why the two countries offered nuclear energy development to Indonesia. "I would agree if a nuclear plant were to be built here as long as there were no more energy sources that could be used," Dahlan said.
Dahlan then compared the cost of electricity generated by nuclear energy and other energy sources. Meanwhile, it needed around five years to build a geothermal power plant and two years for natural gas power plant which both set a value of Rp900,00 per kWh for electricity.
According to a Second Assistance of Regional Secretary Office of East Java administration, Hadi Prasetyo, there were 11 spots of geothermal sources in East Java region. Two of them had been bidden. On the occasion, he also offered geothermal source to PLN.
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