REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Non-fuel power plant can reduce the cost of state electricity company can be minimizes if be operated and then can minimize the subsidy. " (STD) can use low grade coal, a kind of coal that can be found in Indonesia," the Deputy of Information, Energy, and Material in Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Unggul Priyanto, said.

STD is coal dryer. Low-grade coals are usually those that are low in specific energy. Brown coal as a low grade coal, is inflammable and contains 60-70 percent water making it has low calories, in which of four kilo calories per kilogram. 

State Electricity Company uses eight million kilo liters of diesel fuel in an operation. Thus, the electricity price is around 2,500 IDR per kwh but it is sold about 7 IDR. Meanwhile, Its selling price for people is only 7,00 IDR, while the remaining is using subsidy and the world oil price is soaring.

The alternative for energy resources becomes crucial and coal is one of the cheap energies. , while 70 percent of it is brown coal. Priyanto said, if STD is maximized, State Electricity Company would not another subsidy.

be decreased until two million kilo liter. The electricity price will be cheaper," he said. 

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