Cirebon power station

The Cirebon power station is a 660-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant developed by Cirebon Electric Power (CEP) in the Kanci area to the southeast of Cirebon, Indonesia.

Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is located southeast of Cirebon, Indonesia.

Background on Plant
The first unit of the plant was launched in mid October 2012. The reported cost of the plant was nearly $US 850 million. Construction began in 2008 and was substantially completed and was completed in mid-2012. Sales from the plant to the Indonesian state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) began on July 27, 2012.

CEP is one of the various Independent Power Producer (IPPs) in Java. It is a joint venture between four companies: Japan-owned Marubeni Corporation which owns the largest stake (32.5%), Korea Midland Power Co (27.5%), South Korean company Samtan Co Ltd (20%) and the Indonesian listed firm PT Indika Energy (20%).

The first unit of the plant consists of 1 x 660 MW coal-fired power system. The plant is expected to produce around 5.5 TWh per year (around 4% of the electricity supply in the region).

Like other IPPs in Indonesia, the plant will sell the electricity produced to the PLN at an agreed feed-in tariff price. The initial agreed rate was reported to be US 4.43 cents per kWh (USD 0.0443/kWh) although, because of high coal prices, it was reported that the PLN would adjust the purchase price upwards to US 5.2 cents per kWh (USD 0.052/kWh).

Description of Expansion
There are plans to extend the Cirebon plant with the installation of an additional 1,000 MW costing around US $2 billion. CEP is set to start the construction of its second power plant, which will provide an additional power supply of 1,000 megawatts (MW) in 2014.

Opposition to Plant
Protests from the community in relation to its land acquisition status delayed initial operation of the plant.

Project Details

 * Sponsor: PT Cirebon Electric Power (CEP)
 * Parent company: Marubeni Corporation (32.5%), Korea Midland Power Co (27.5%), Samtan Co Ltd (20%), and PT Indika Energy (20%)
 * Location: Kanci area to the southeast of Cirebon, Indonesia.
 * Coordinates: -6.7702857,108.6148578 (exact)
 * Status: Unit 1: Operating, Unit 2: In development
 * Gross Capacity: Unit 1: 660 MW, Unit 2: 1000 MW
 * Type: Supercritical
 * Start date: Unit 1: 2012; Unit 2:
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