Indonesia interested in power supply from Bakun

Indonesia is interested in getting power supply from the Bakun hydroelectric dam now being built in Sarawak. This was revealed by Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.

He said that Indonesian leaders expressed their interest in the dam supplying power to Kalimantan during his recent visit to Jakarta.

“They believe that the dam will have more than enough power for the whole of Borneo,” he stated.


The Bakun dam, scheduled to be completed next year, is planned to produce 2,400 megawatts of electricity. Husni said the Finance Ministry and the Sarawak government had been continuing negotiations on the sale of the dam.

“The federal government wants the matter settled quickly so that development can be continually carried out in Sabah and Sarawak,” he added.