Supporting Mineral Downstream Using EBT, PLN Supply 80 MVA Electricity To Smelters In Makassar

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JAKARTA - PT PLN (Persero) supports the efforts of mineral processing and refining facilities (smelters) by providing environmentally friendly products. One of them is for the PT Dowstone Energy Material Indonesia smelter.

Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), PLN provides reliable electricity supply to the Dowstone Energy smelter with a power of 80 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA). The signing took place at the PLN Regional Main Unit Office for South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, and West Sulawesi (UIW Sulselrabar), Makassar.

General Manager of PLN UIW Sulselrabar, Awaluddin Hafid said, with the agreement plus the existing installed power, the total electrical power to be supplied to the smelter industry in the area is 390 MVA.

"The smelter is one of the strategic projects to support mineral downstreaming in Indonesia and requires a large electricity supply, therefore PLN is ready to fulfill it with reliable, quality, and competitively priced electricity supply," Awaluddin said in an official statement, quoted Wednesday, August 3 .

Not only that, continued Awaluddin, PLN is also ready to complement the needs of the industrial sector, especially the smelter industry, by providing innovative and environmentally friendly products and services such as a new renewable energy certificate (EBT) or Renewable Energy Certificate (REC).

"Especially in the current Southern Sulawesi electricity system, as one of the largest contributors of green energy in Indonesia with an EBT mix of 38.8 percent above the national average target," said Awaluddin.

On the same occasion, Director of PT Dowstone Energy Material Indonesia, Jos Stefan Hidecky expressed his gratitude for the support of PLN's electricity supply.

"Since 2018 we have entrusted the electricity supply to PLN, of course there will be more challenges but we believe and are grateful that PLN can provide good and timely service," said Jos.

Previously in the same area in Bantaeng Regency, South Sulawesi Province, PLN had supplied electricity to PT Huadi Nickel Alloy Indonesia with a total installed power of 220 MVA for 6 refining furnaces of mining products.

In addition, at the next stage of the agreement, in April 2022 PLN again showed its commitment by signing the Electricity Sales and Purchase Agreement (PJBTL) with PT Huadi Nickel Alloy Indonesia with a power of 90 MVA.

"The additional 90 MVA power is currently under construction and we are optimistic that it will operate in the near future," concluded Awaluddin.