Upgraded Brown Coal (UBC) Mine Mouth Power Plant in Indonesia/Environmentally Friendly Low CO2 Emission Lignite Based Power Plant

摘要

Indonesia is now facing serious electric shortage and same situation in Sumatra. The serious power shortage in South Sumatra and Jambi is forecast in 2008 if no additional new power plants excluding Musi hydro power (210MW, after 2004) and Tarahant thermal power (200MW, after 2005) are installed. Among the energy resources, coal deposit is considered as the one which is expected to solve the energy problem especially in terms of electricity, since it is widely distributed and therefore offers the potential for stable supplies and a relatively stable and low price in energy resources. At present, coal resources in Indonesia are estimated to reach 38 billion tons, of which around 54 percent are lignite and South Sumatra has largest lignite deposit in Indonesia.