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*[[Bangko Tengah (SS-8) power station]] , also known as South Sumatra 8 or Sumsel-8, is a proposed 1,200 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station near the Tanjung Enim coal mine in South Sumatra Province. In December 2011, PT [[Bukit Asam]] Tbk (PTBA), a state-owned coal mining company, announced plans to build the first two 660-MW units of the Bangko Tengah mine-mouth coal plant with [[China Huadian]] Corporation; Bukit Asam has a 45% stake while China Huadian has 55%.<Ref>Nurseffi Dwi Wahyuni, [http://en.indonesiafinancetoday.com/read/15048/Bukit-Asam-Builds-US-1.59-B-Bangko-Power-Plant "Bukit Asam Builds US 1.59 B Bangko Power Plant,"] Finance Today, December 12, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.edf.org/documents/9584_coal-plants-spreadsheet.xls "Coal-Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions Since 1994"], Appendix to ''Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming'', Environmental Defense, April 2009.</ref> On March 27, 2015 Bukit Asam announced that it had finalised the terms for a $1.2 billion loan from the [[Export-Import Bank of China]].<ref name=ExImChina>Waturu Suzuki, [http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Indonesian-coal-producer-gets-1.2B-loan-from-China "Indonesian coal producer gets $1.2B loan from China"], ''Nikkei Asian Review'', March 28, 2015.</ref> <ref>PT Bukit Asam, [http://www.ptba.co.id/public/uploads/PTBA_PRESS_RELEASE1.pdf "PTBA Signed US $ 1,2 Billion Loan Agrement for PLTU Sumsel 8 Instalation"], Media Release, March 27, 2019. (Pdf - in Indonesian)</ref>
 
*[[Bengkulu power station]] - In the second quarter of 2015 China's state-owned Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) won the project in an international competitive bidding and secured the power purchase agreement (PPA) with PLN in November 2015. The US$360 million plant is under a contract of 25-year Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) model.<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/25/c_135780336.htm "China-invested power plant starts construction in Indonesia to resolve electricity shortage,"] Xinhua News, Asia and Pacific Edition, 25 October 2016</ref>
*[[Celukan Bawang power station]] is a proposed 425 MW coal-fired power station in North Bali. In October 2010, the government of Indonesia signed a US$1.5 billion memorandum of understanding with two Chinese companies, China Huadian Engineering Corporation Ltd and China Huadian Development.<ref name="Jakarta">Komang Ervian, [http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/10/29/2-chinese-firms-build-new-coal-plant.html "2 Chinese firms to build new coal plant,"] ''The Jakarta Post'', October 29, 2011</ref> The project broke ground that same month.<ref>[http://www.antaranews.com/berita/228975/investor-china-bangun-pltu-senilai-rp7-triliun-di-buleleng Investor China Bangun PLTU Senilai Rp7 Triliun di Buleleng], Antara News, 19 Oct. 2010.</ref> The cost of the plant itself would be Rp. 7 trillion (US$761 million).<ref name ="Paradise">[http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=6457 "Old King Coal to Soon Power Bali,"] Bali Update, November 1, 2010</ref>
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