Powering the future

"It is the best energy project in the Indonesian power plant construction history so far," said Hatta Rajasa, coordinating minister of economy in Indonesia, referring to a power plant project built by Chinese companies.

The project, the Indramayu coal-fired power plant with a total generation capacity of 1,000 megawatts (mW), was one of the earliest projects in the 10,000 mW fast-track power construction program created by the Indonesian government to ease local electricity shortages.

Located in West Java, which suffered a 30 percent power shortage, the project was completed on Oct 12 after four years' construction by China National Electric Engineering Co Ltd (CNEEC).