Reducing Carbon Emissions, Hydropower Development can be Prioritized
The government continues to encourage the operation of the Poso Peaker 515 MW Hydroelectric Power Plant (PLTA) as a whole by the end of 2019 as an effort to accelerate the construction of the Trans-Sulawesi transmission network as targeted in the 2019-2028 PLN Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL).
"Please target the SLO and COD for the Poso Peaker hydropower plant as planned. The government hopes that this is part of the effort to ensure that the Trans-Sulawesi transmission network development target is met," said Director General of New, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation (EBTKE), FX Sutijastoto during a direct review. to PLTA Poso Peaker today (Tuesday, 30/7).
PLTA Independent Power Producers (IPP) developed by PT. Poso Energy is a combination of the existing Poso hydropower plant with a capacity of 3x65 MW which has been operating since 2012, the Poso Extension hydropower plant phase 1 with a capacity of 4x30 MW, and the Poso Extension hydropower plant phase 2 with a capacity of 4x50 MW. The three plants are planned as peaker plants with a total capacity of 515 MW. This peaker plant will be operated during peak load times, which is 17.00 to 22.00, with Exclusive Committed Energy of 1,669 GWh per year. The 515 MW Poso PLTA plant will be used as a Peaker plant because this plant runs when electricity demand is high. This is supported by several factors, including:
- Live storage is quite large, namely Lake Poso;
- regulating dam that can regulate the output discharge of the Poso Lake reservoir;
- able to operate at full capacity at peak hours throughout the year;
- the transmission network is already connected in South, Central, and West Sulawesi;
- able to start-stop quickly (synchronization less than 15 minutes);
- able to respond to changes in load quickly to improve the quality of electricity in the network system.
PLTA Poso Stage 1 (4x30 MW) is targeted for COD in September 2019 for units 1 and 2 and December 2019 for units 3 and 4. Furthermore, Director-General Toto emphasized that the certainty and acceleration of the construction of the Trans-Sulawesi transmission network can meet the target if the NRE potential is at least 2,000 MW in the Central Sulawesi area can be immediately developed and distributed, the electricity needs for industry, especially smelters in Southeast Sulawesi which are not yet connected and the large electricity demand in North Sulawesi or Gorontalo can be fulfilled immediately, and the realization of the electricity supply agreement between PLN and the smelter developer is 2,300 MW.
Indonesia and South Korea are still fighting for the fate of the KF-21 Boramae fighter jet.
The KF-21 Boramae will later be used by Indonesia to protect Natuna.
It is predicted that the opponents of the Indonesian KF-21 Boramae are Chinese fighters such as the J-20 Mighty Dragon.
While South Korea will use the KF-21 Boramae to face its older brother, North Korea's opponent is the J-20, so Indonesia must immerse the latest technology in the KF-21 Boramae.
According to data compiled from the Arms Control Association, the KF-21 Boramae itself has a wingspan of 9.8 meters and a weight of 9.3 metric tons.
It is powered by two General Electric F414 engines that can make it go more than twice the speed of sound.
The cruising radius of the KF-21 Boramae is quite high, namely 4500 km. For avionics, there will be AESA Radar, IRST, EOTS Targeting System, Datalink to Radio Frequency Jammer.
For the Indonesian version, the dimensions of the KF-21 Boramae may be stretched so that it can accommodate a lot of fuel for patrols from Sabang to Merauke.
Some of these technologies are deemed not yet qualified, so Indonesia and Seoul have to look for other technologies.
Fortunately, the US is ready to help but Indonesia must be ready to accept its advanced technology by building several cyber security facilities. This is where it seems that Indonesia is not ready for this facility.
"Since several years ago, the US has been urging Indonesia to establish a kind of defense technology security office to protect technology transfers from the US," wrote the Twitter account @AHelvas.
"This issue is related to Indonesia's request for technology transfer from the US, including KFX/IFX (KF-21 Boramae)," he added.
The office has not been built by Indonesia, so technology transfer has not worked for now.
Free or Paid Digital TV
Some say that digital TV broadcasts are through internet quotas, there must be internet packages, satellite dishes, monthly subscriptions, or those whose TV has internet, that's the wrong mindset," said Gery.
Digital TV broadcasts are free broadcasts, not paid, via free to air (free broadcasts). So, each of your antennas at home doesn't need to be changed," he continued.
However, for the record, if people still have television sets in the form of analog TVs, then they must prepare an additional tool called a Set-Top Box (STB) to be able to capture digital TV broadcasts.
style="text-align: justify;">A set-top box is a tool that functions to convert digital signals received from satellite, cable, or internet into an analog format so that they can be displayed on an analog TV. STB is also often called a decoder or receiver.
"If the TV is still analog, you just need to add a set-top box, which in the market costs around Rp. 200-350 thousand. If the TV is digital, all you have to do is attach the antenna, you can (digital TV broadcasts)," he said.
