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Indonesia state-owned PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) plans to build CNG stations in bus stations in Jakarta City and lays gas pipes in low-cost apartments in the city.
The city administration would provide its land plots in bus terminals for the stations and push the company to also install gas pipes in low-cost apartments, said Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama said after meeting with PGN officials. The Governor is confident that the presence of CNG filling facilities in the terminals will encourage more public transport operators to switch to gas. Some Transjakarta buses and around half of the city’s three wheelers are already operate on this eco-friendly gas. In this country, natural gas costs Rp 3,100 per liter, compared to Pertamina’s premium petrol price of Rp 7,600 a liter and diesel at Rp 6,600. However, not so many vehicles converted to CNG system yet due to lack of sufficient refuelling network. Jakarta has only seven CNG stations so far, which often have long queues of vehicles waiting for refuelling.
The Governor said the administration had not specified which terminals would have CNG stations. Jakarta Industry and Energy Agency head, M. Haris Pindratno, said the first four CNG stations to be built by PGN would be in Pulo Gebang and Cililitan in East Jakarta; Ancol in North Jakarta; and Rawa Buaya in West Jakarta. Pindratno is optimistic that the fuelling network would significantly increase within this year as other firms like state’s O&G firm Pertamina had also promised to build 49 of such stations around the city. “There are 402 fuel stations whose land plots can also be used for CNG stations,” he said. Pindratno expect to see 50 CNG stations built or operate in Jakarta, this year. This could encourage public transportation owners to switch to CNG.
Furthermore, city-owned developer company PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) is also requested to build 10 CNG stations and 10 mobile refueling units.
Jakpro finance director Erlan Hidayat previously said that the company was in the process of acquiring three inactive CNG stations in Kramat Jati, Tanah Merdeka and Kampung Rambutan in East Jakarta.
Source: Asian NGV Communications
