Indonesia needs up to US$39 billion to build power plants

Indonesia needs up to US$39 billion in fresh funds to build new power plants capable of producing a total of 35,000 megawatts of power to meet requirements in 2015, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said. He also said that the new power plants are part of a program to provide electricity to every citizen by 2020. Currently an estimated 44% of the country's population of around 220 million have noaccess to electricity.(http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/11/8/indonesia-needs-up-to-us39-bln-to-build-power-plants-minister/