Energy Working Group Visit to Jawa Power

EuroCham Energy Working organized member visit to Jawa Power plant in Probolinggo, East Java, on 2-3 April 2018. This activity was initiated by the working group to encourage good practice sharing and transfer of knowledge amongst the members of the group.

As one of the largest Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in Indonesia, Jawa Power has been in commercial operation since 2000 with 1,220 MW coal-fired power station located at Paiton power generation complex in East Java. The company has great concern of the importance of sustaining the surrounding community and improving environmental performance. Thus, the visit not observed activities at power plant, but also CSR activities conducted.

On the first day, the group visited biogas installation at local community areas. The technology and mechanism in household selection, implementation and monitoring of the program were developed by the company and are still under supervision and support by Jawa Power. Later, the group visited to Randutatah Nature Conservation, where around 55,000 mangroves and 35,000 pine trees were planted since 2013. This program at Randutatah beach has contributed to environmental preservation and community empowerment in the area. Sustainability of this program has been secured through involvement of the Probolinggo Government.

On the second day, the group was introduced to the whole cycle of power production from coal pile, boilers, turbine and control room, as well as the ash lagoon. The power plant adopts high quality technologies that resulted in high efficiency and clean outputs. During the visit, EuroCham was informed that Jawa Power was able to significantly reduce the overall ash waste and also invented a new usage of the ash waste for cement or mixture of paving blocks. The power plant also intends to expand their renewables energy utilization using solar power, integrating non-renewable and renewable energy approaches.

The visiting group consisted of representatives from Bahar Partners, Envitec Biogas, Engie, Envitec Biogas, ETA, Eurocham, Geodis Wilson, Schaeffler Bearing, Tecsom, and TUV Nord.

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