Samarinda Power Station

HC Deb 08 December 1994 vol 251 cc342-4W

Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of the aid-funded Samarinda power station in east Kalimantan, giving details of monitoring visits by Overseas Development Administration staff; what assessment he has made whether the technology provided is going to be suitable; and if he will place in the Library a copy of judgments that have been made on the environmental implications of the project.

Mr. Baldry

The Samarinda project consists of the provision of a 60MW gas fired combined cycle power station and associated transmission facilities. Work on the power station has just commenced while the transmission line contract is presently being negotiated.

There have not so far been any monitoring visits by Overseas Development Administration staff. These do not usually commence until the project is under way. We envisage such visits will take place at six-monthly intervals.

The project is part of an extensive Indonesian programme to bring power to the more remote areas of the country. Power at present is generated by a number of disparate, oil-fuelled diesel engines, some of which are old and inefficient. The new facility will utilise a cleaner resource, natural gas, which Indonesia has in abundance. The emissions from the gas turbines will meet United Kingdom/EU environment standards. The technical case for the project is sound.

Outstanding Dept—1990–91-1999–2000
Country	1990–91 £	1991–92 £	1992–93 £	1993–94 £	1994–95 £	1995–96 £	1996–97 £	1997–98 £	1998–99 £	1999–2000 £
Antigua and Barbuda	1,980	784,859	1,290,309	2,006,893	2,006,893	2,006,893	1,828,323	1,471,183	1,114,043	756,903
Barbados	445,670	406,970	368,270	329,578	290,870	252,170	213,470	174,770	136,070	97,370
Belize	13,698,963	14,064,634	15,181,814	16,585,152	15,089,336	13,588,492	12,121,434	10,662,986	9,204,538	7,746,090
Bolivia	141,276	141,276	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	2,808,941	3,501,297	3,297,008	3,297,008	3,297,008	3,297,008	3,297,008	3,297,008	3,297,008	3,297,008
British Virgin Islands	15,340	10,655	5,554	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	63,748	45,498	27,248	8,998	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	66,776	66,776	66,776	66,776	66,776	66,776	66,776	66,776	66,776	66,776
Cayman Islands	719,120	625,958	561,398	496,838	432,278	367,718	303,158	238,598	174,038	111,367
Colombia	2,053,678	1,784,729	1,515,780	1,426,831	977,882	708,933	439,985	221,642	169,867	144,667
Costa Rica	3,214,041	4,616,928	5,195,615	4,785,023	3,930,839	2,857,531	1,952,789	1,294,770	921,332	547,895
Cyprus	293,974	273,574	253,174	232,774	212,374	191,974	171374	151,174	130,774	110,374
Dominica	8,616,757	9,025,407	9,170,735	9,068,579	8,527,579	7,986,579	7,445,579	6,904,579	6,363,579	5,822,579
Ecuador	7,539,901	7,539,901	7,221,935	7,973,382	6,913,579	5,872,564	4,765,863	3,638,659	2,774,240	2,154,469
Egypt	7,020,961	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkland Islands	146,426	124,126	101,826	79,526	57,226	34,926	16,226	0	0	0
Fiji	1,415,886	1,179,889	943,911	707,533	471,955	235,978	0	0	0	0
Gibraltar	710,293	620,158	529,001	453,722	378,443	303,164	227,889	154,319	89,869	42,323
Grenada	3,856,949	4,241	5,196,703	5,009,023	4,383,823	3,758,623	3,133,423	2,508,223	1,883,023	1,257,823
Guyana	24,340,689	36,470,598	36,470,598	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	3,994,211	3,994,211	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	138,205,024	112,949,901	89,955,926	68,743,326	50,159,026	35,100,147	21,196,647	10,179,819	2,432,000	0
Ivory Coast	3,556,463	3,666,006	3,690,430	3,690,430	3,480,615	3,364,283	3,053,352	2,836,353	2,619,492	2,403,787
Jamaica	49,237,837	58,962,199	51,910,458	55,047,129	49,850,365	43,904,538	37,409,651	31,476,168	26,104,092	22,241,857
Jordan	39,985,758	40,808,280	42,021,022	43,728,451	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laos	27,983	27,983	27,983	27,983	25,313	22,643	19,973	17,303	14,633	13,358
Liberia	77,750	77,750	77,750	77,750	77,750	77,750	77,750	77,750	77,750	77,750
Malaysia	11,005,518	10,045,084	8,640,416	6,791,514	5,386,846	3,983,525	3,467,325	2,951,125	2,434,925	1,418,725
Malta	7,845,531	7,776,133	7,765,525	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritius	6,050,066	5,187,896	4,182,619	3,289,311	2,517,512	1,888,812	1,260,112	631,412	247,712	0
Nicaragua	584,705	584,706	584,706	584,706	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	4,905,084	4,905,084	4,905,084	4,905,084	4,905,084	4,905,084	4,905,084	4,905,084	4,905,084	4,905,084
Paraguay	4,102,707	3,868,107	3,281,607	3,047,019	2,812,419	2,577,819	2,343,219	2,108,619	1,874,019	1,639,419
Peru	4,194,609	4,194,609	4,193,122	4,193,122	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philippines	5,481,635	5,481,535	5,908,639	5,612,306	5,063,014	4,595,569	4,001,425	3,306,680	2,745,480	2,184,280
Seychelles	10,631,662	9,487,477	8,913,204	8,243,187	7,582,878	6,920,953	6,259,836	5,598,719	4,937,602	4,276,486
Singapore	5,208,316	4,166,648	3,124,980	2,083,312	1,041,664	0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	4,744,848	4,738,148	4,734,699	4,684,985	4,402,485	4,120,429	3,842,629	3,564,829	3,287,029	3,009,229
St Kitts-Nevis	844,065	1,363,409	264,641	2,813,090	2,361,550	1,910,010	1,480,670	1,097,836	740,696	383,356
St Lucia	3,142,091	4,156,065	4,388,070	4,166,496	3,833,096	3,499,696	3,166,296	2,832,896	2,499,496	2,166,196
St Vincent	839,509	1,272,576	1,505,594	2,390,440	2,127,240	1,864,040	1,600,840	1,337,640	1,074,440	811,040
Swaziland	8,193,097	7,344,324	6,155,191	5,159,977	4,194,576	3,278,266	2,430,291	1,598,028	837,292	158,725
Thailand	772,892	564,392	425,392	286,392	147,392	8,392	0	0	0	0
Tonga	1,367,533	1,219,061	1,073,549	930,708	787,867	645,029	502,703	371,303	240,203	157,803
Tunisia	255,902	213,942	171,982	130,022	88,062	54,461	26,661	0	0	0
Turkey	55,572,641	50,082,626	45,056,525	40,634,159	36,607,270	32,733,668	29,324,867	25,956,365	22,388,355	19,255,409
Turks and Caicos Island	0	0	1,883,408	1,883,408	1,817,462	1,751,517	1,685,571	1,619,625	1,353,680	1,487,734

The potential environmental risks have been considered fully. Amongst other things, an ODA team investigated the risk of an enhanced power supply leading to plywood factories in the project area using more timber and therefore having an adverse impact on forests and plantations in east Kalimantan. The team's conclusion was that the project was unlikely to have such an impact. Social impacts have also been studied and found to be positive. An environmental impact assessment was undertaken as part of the feasibility study. A copy will be placed in the Libraries of the House shortly.