POWER 8 (CIRATA I)

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The Thirteenth Power Project will provide peak hydroelectric generating capacity to complement the steady growth of base-load coal-fired thermal generating capacity on the Java grid from 1984 onwards. The project comprises: (a) construction of a storage dam, 125 m high, at Cirata on the Citarum river; a 1 km water conductor system comprising tunnels, surgetanks, and penstock tunnels; and a 500 MW power station (with four generating sets each rated at 125 MW), with an associated 500 kV step-up substation and a 25 km transmission line to nearby Saguling; (b) construction machinery for a PLN task force; and (c) support of the GOI's energy sector program by providing technical assistance, studies and related equipment.