Dewata Tea MHP

Dewata Tea MHP

West Java · 1998–2003 · 250 kW

In 1999 ENTEC AG, MHPP and PT Chakra jointly carried out a feasibility study to assess the viability of a site identified within the Dewata tea estate during an earlier field trip to the estate. On the basis of the study’s findings and the projected fuel price increases, PT Chakra decided to go ahead with the implementation of a 250 kW mini hydro power plant harnessing the Cikahuripan river, which runs through the estate. Construction started in early 2001 and was completed in December 2002.

The scheme provides the estate with a sustainable and clean source of energy — a valuable plus for the company’s image in the highly competitive tea export business, where customers are becoming more and more environmentally conscious. The decision was vindicated when, in 2001, the Indonesian Government began its policy of fuel subsidy removal.