Re-tendered, TOBA Make Sure To Join The Bayu Oelbubuk Power Plant In NTT

JAKARTA - PT TBS Energi Utama Tbk (TOBA) has confirmed that it will participate in the re-tender process for the development of the Oelbubuk Bayu Power Plant (PLTB) in East Nusa Tenggara.

TOBA Director and CFO, Juli Oktarina said, the project with a capacity of 22 MW was tendered again by PT PLN (Persero).

"It's still in the process at PLN, right. The tendner wants to be retendered. Well, we'll see," he said, Wednesday, November 12.

Juli said that TOBA had actually been included in the project, but PLN then decided to re-tend the tender.

"We always come. We have entered half the way there too," he explained.

Previously, the construction of this project was planned to be carried out in two stages, namely in 2022 with a capacity of 10 MW and 2023 of 10 MW.

The construction site will be carried out in Oelbubuk Village, Central Mollo District, South Central Timor Regency, Timor Island, Nusa Tenggara Province.

In the General Plan for the Provision of Electricity (RUPTL) 2025-2034, the government targets the addition of the capacity of the Bayu Power Plant (PLTB) to reach 7 gigawatts (GW) in 2034.

The potential wind energy in Indonesia is known to be 60,647 MW with an installed capacity of 3.1 MW, while the use is only 0.01 percent.