Jambi has 500 million tons of exploitable coal deposits

Jambi's calculated and exploitable coal potential with calories of 4,500 to 5,400 kkal/kg reached 500 million tons. This vast energy potential needs to be exploited and used for economic development, especially electric energy generation, Jambi Governor H Zulkifli Nurdin said. Jambi is still facing a power shortage for industrial development and enhancing the welfare of the people. The local administration, he added, is also expected to lure investors interested in building coal-fired power plants in the region, which would accelerate economic development. (http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/12/8/jambi-has-500-million-tons-of-exploitable-coal-deposits/)