President Director Of Subsidiary PLN Claims PLTU Suralaya Is In Accordance With Emission Standards

PLTU Suralaya. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Director of PT Indonesia Power, Edwin Nugraha Putra said that his party and PT PLN (Persero) are committed to always maintaining PLTU emissions in accordance with regulations.

He also claimed that the Suralaya Steam Power Plant (PLTS) was in accordance with the emission standards set by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

"PLN has set the standard for installing ESPN on each PLTU so that the emissions issued by PLTU are always safe and below the threshold in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, according to the Minister of Environment and Forestry Regulation no. 15 of 2019, the threshold for particulates is 100 mg/m3, while the results of the measurement of particulates in Suralaya are below 60 mg/m3" said Edwin, Tuesday, September 5.

Just so you know, PLTU Suralaya is one of the largest PLTUs in Indonesia that produces electricity reaching 3,400 MW and produces about 50 percent of the total production of PT Indonesia Power and contributes about 18 percent of the electricity energy needed by Java-Bali.

With a transmission of 500 kV, the plant consumes approximately 35,000 tons of coal per day.

Meanwhile, the Director of Electricity Program Development, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Wanhar said, if the government continues to strive to provide environmentally friendly electricity.

This is in line with the preparation of changes to the National Electricity General Plan (RUKN) which prioritizes the provision of EBT-based electricity to reduce gas emissions to dispose of power plants.

"Clean energy supply can be seen from the emissions produced by fossil-based power plants. One of the indicators refers to the Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK) No. 15 of 2019 concerning the Baku Mutu Emisi of Thermal Power Plant," he said.

Wanhar explained, since 2019 the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has tightened the emission quality standard with a concentration value of SO2 and NOx parameters of 200 mg per Nm3, PM parameter concentration of 50 mg/Nm3 and Hg concentration of 0.03 mg per Nm3.

"Indonesia continues to strive to implement a better emission quality standard in order to compete with countries that have implemented emission quality standards (so2, NOx, Particulat and Mercury (Hg) parameters for stricter PLTUs such as China, the United States and Japan," concluded Wanhar.