Indonesia to overcome power shortages via mobile power plants

Indonesia to overcome power shortages via mobile power plants

In international news, under the 2017 Republic of Indonesia's Electricity
Supply Business Plan it has been announced that mobile power plants are to
be deployed to deal with short-term power shortages.

In response to this and in parallel with Andalas Energy and Power's core
business of developing 30MW to 100MW independent power projects, the company
has identified a number of gas projects as part of its work with Pertamina
and other gas owners.

According to a company statement there are three categories of gas fields
that are being targeted including:

Smaller projects (circa 30BCF) that are considered too small for a long term
IPP development but are suitable for a shorter project life

Producing gas fields with surplus uncontracted gas supply

Oil fields where oil production is constrained by flaring consents

Rollout of gas projects

In September 2016, the pair partnered to commercialise gas fields within
Pertamina's acreage in Sumatra via the rollout of the Andala's gas to power
offering. Read more....

Since then a number of projects have been subjected to a vigorous selection,
due diligence and evaluation exercise, resulting in the identification of
multiple proven fields that are suitable for gas-to-power development, the
press statement revealed.

Financing mobile power plants

According to the release, Sandabel has agreed to extend the maturity date of
the £550,000 ($721,000) loan note to 31 August 2017 (the maturity date).
The fee associated with the extension is £50,000 ($66,000), which will be
repaid alongside the £550,000 loan note on or before the maturity date.

The CEO of Andalas Energy & Power, David Whitby, commented: "We believe that
our ability to identify competitive sources of gas, creates multiple
opportunities in the power market in Indonesia.

"As was the case when the board of directors participated in the recent
placing, the extension of the loan note provides the company with additional
flexibility at a time when we are seeking to deliver on the multiple
objectives that we have been working on since signing our agreement with
Pertamina. I look forward to providing further updates on our progress."

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com