Indonesia's first ever thermal power plant stops operating in country's effort to have cleaner air

Smoke and steam billows from the coal-fired power plant owned by Indonesia Power, next to an area for Java 9 and 10 Coal-Fired Steam Power Plant Project in Suralaya, Banten province, Indonesia. - Photo: Reuters

JAKARTA (Vietnam News/ANN): Indonesia's Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) has held a press conference to inform about the country’s progress in the early decommissioning of the Cirebon-1 thermal power plant.

Rachmat Kaimuddin, Deputy for Infrastructure and Transportation Coordination at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, said the Cirebon-1 plant, located in Kanci, Cirebon, West Java, began construction on May 1, 2008 with a capacity of 660 MW. It is operated by CEP, a multinational corporation.