Welcoming The G20 Summit, Adhi Beton Assists In The Relocation Of The Grati PLTG To Bali

JAKARTA - To make the G20 Summit a success, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) (PLN) laid the groundbreaking for the relocation project for the Grati Gas Power Plant (PLTG) to Pesanggaran, Bali. PT Adhi Persada Beton (APB) as a partner of PT Rekadaya Elektrika contributed to the success of the development.

The groundbreaking event was carried out directly by the Governor of Bali Wayan Koster with the President Director of PLN Darmawan Prasodjo and witnessed directly by the Head of the Bali High Court, Ade T Sutiawarman, and the Head of the Bali Regional Police, Inspector General I Putu Jayan Danu Putra, at Pesanggaran, Bali, last Friday, February 18.

The addition of this power plant will increase the reliability of Bali's electricity supply. In addition, it will also be one of the showcases that will be shown to the world through the G20 Summit to show PLN is ready to oversee Indonesia's energy transition towards the era of new and renewable energy (EBT).

Director of Operations APB Siswanto said Adhi Beton will produce 3000 spun piles and carry out the piling process as the foundation of the PLTG.

For information, PT Adhi Persada Beton is a subsidiary of PT Adhi Karya (Persero) TBK State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN), which serves the needs of Precast and Ready Mix Concrete.

"It is an honor for APB to be part of the successful implementation of the G20 Summit in Bali, as many as 3000 piles will be produced and the piling work will be carried out by APB," he said in an official statement, Monday, February 28.

The PLTG relocation project with a capacity of 2 X 100 MW was built on an area of 1.9 hectares (ha) and is planned to be completed in October 2022 for the first unit, and the second unit in 2023.

As is known, the Group of Twenty (G20) is a multilateral cooperation forum consisting of 19 member countries and countries in the European Union (EU) which are included in the middle to high-income countries, developing countries to developed countries.

Currently, Indonesia holds the G20 Presidency for a full year, starting December 1, 2021, until the peak event of the G20 Summit in November 2022. This G20 Presidency makes Indonesia the first developing country to host the G20.