By: Ulul Maskuriah
Banjarmasin, 27/5 (Antaranews, South Kalimantan) - Steam Power Asam-Asam units 5 and 6 ready to be built after feared canceled because no investors willing to build a plant that will illuminate areas of Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan to East Kalimantan.
Assistant Operations Manager Asam-Asam power plant Gatut Pujo Pramono in Banjarmasin, on Monday, said that the planned location of the construction units 5 and 6 have been completed backfill process.
"The location has been hoarded, it likely in the not too distant future ready to be built to complete the power plant units 3 and 4 which are now already in the system," he said.
The plan, after the Asam-Asam power plant units three and four completed and entered with a perfect system, the government will build a unit of five, six and seven.
Construction of three units of the power plant was inaugurated by South Kalimantan Governor Rudy Ariffin at the inauguration of the power plant generating units three and four. But with the passage of time, encountering a variety of obstacles, among others, many investors who withdrew from the development plan, so that the construction of the power plant reportedly canceled.