Power Plant and National Electrical Grid
Mega-project or mega-problem? Plantasaun Eletrisidade no Rede Eletrisidade Nasional
Projeito boot ka Problema boot? Updated 16 June 2010 | Atualiza iha 16 Junu 2010 |
This page includes information from 2010. Click here for older information.
Pajina ida ne'e inklui informasaun husi tinan 2010. Click iha ne'e atu hetan informasaun ne'ebe tuan liu. | Since early 2008, Timor-Leste's government has been discussing and implementing an electric power system costing almost $400 million, based on used generators from China which will burn heavy oil. Prime Minister Gusmão promised to have electricity in every district by the end of 2009, based on a contract signed in October 2008 with Chinese Nuclear Industry Construction Company No. 22 (CNI22). Throughout 2009, the project encountered growing criticism of its expense, design, environmental impacts, procurement procedures and legal processes. Work at the Hera generation site was suspended in August, with a major redesign undertaken. In November 2009, major "corrections" to the design were announced, and the cornerstone for the Hera site was laid on 15 January 2010. This web page will be updated regularly as we obtain information. Click here to skip to sections below on: | Desde iha inisiu 2008, Governu Timor-Leste diskute ona no hodi implementa sistema eletrika ida ho kustu besik tokon $400, bazeia ba jerador uzadu husi Xina nebe sei sunu ho oleu pezadu. Primeiru Ministru Gusmão promete atu iha eletrisidade iha distritu tomak iha tinan 2009 nia rohan, bazeia ba kontratu ne'ebe asina iha Outubru 2008 ho Kompanha Konstrusaun Industria Nuklear No. 22 (CNI22). Iha 2009 nia laran, projeitu neé hamoris kritiku kona ba nia gastus, desenho, impaktu ambiental, prosedementu aprovisionamento nian no prosesu legal nian. Servisu iha fatin eletrisidade Hera hetan suspende iha fulan Augustu 2009, hodi halo fila fali alterasaun bo’ot ba denzenho nian. Iha Novembru 2009, “koreksaun” bo’ot ba dezenho nian anunsia sai, no lansamento ba hatidin fatuk dahuluk ba fatin Hera halao iha 15 fulan Janeiru 2010. Pajina web ida neé regularmente sei hetan atualizasaun wainhira ami hetan informasaun. Click iha neé atu hetan sesaun sira iha okos neé: | Click on map to see it larger in English. 
| Click mapa ida ne'e atu haree boot liu iha Tetum. 
| Documents and links | Dokumentu no ligasaun sira |
 
| Construction Land clearing began at the Hera power plant site in February 2009, and local residents were told to relocate. The work stopped in August, and resumed in November following the redesign of the project. |
KonstrusaunHamos fatin plan enerjia komesa ona iha Hera iha fulan Fevereiru 2009, no rezedente sira haruka ona atu muda husi sira-nia fatin. Aktivadades iha Hera hapara iha fulan Agusto, no hahu fali ha fulan Novembru depois projeitu ida ne'e hetan revisaun. |  2010 budget
See La'o Hamutuk's submission to Parliament on the 2010 State Budget for an analysis of how the budget for this project has been unrealistically slashed, but not cancelled. Although the project was still being described in early 2010 as costing $360 million, only $77 million has been appropriated for it in total. We anticipate that the balance will be borrowed from China in a mid-2010 Budget Rectification. Haree submisaun La'o Hamutuk nian ba Parlamentu kona ba Orsamentu Estadu 2010 atu hetan analiza ba oinsa alokasaun ba projeitu ne'e tun makaas, maibe seidauk kansela. | Project redesigned On 4 November 2009, the Prime Minister wrote a letter to Parliament (Portuguese original) explaining problems with the project and indicating that a major redesign is in process. The new version will use new generators (rather than second-hand ones) which can be adapted to use diesel or gas instead of heavy oil. It will have more generating capacity and longer, closed-loop, transmission lines. | Alterasaun ba projeitu Iha loron 4 Novembru 2009, Primeiru Ministru haruka ona karta ba Parlamentu Nasional (Port.) (mos Ingles) hodi esplika problema sira ho projeitu oleu pezadu nian, no indika katak alterasaun boot iha prosesu laran. Desenho foun ne’e sei uza jerador foun (laos makina tuan), no bele uza kombustivel seluk, no sei aumenta kapasidade atu produz electrisidade, no hanaruk linha transmisaun nian. | Cornerstone laid On 15 January 2010, the Prime Minister, President of the Republic, Minister of Infrastructure and President of Parliament, together with a few ambassadors, laid the cornerstone for the Hera generating project, attended by more than 100 Government officials and a few others, although nobody from civil society or the political opposition was invited. Click here for photos, transcripts, translations and audio recordings of the event and the often defensive speeches. The President's office issued a press release celebrating the ceremony, which was responded to by Fretilin and Luta Hamutuk. | Lansamento hatidin fatuk dahuluk Iha loron 15 fulan Janeiru 2010, Primeiru Ministru, Presidente Republika, Ministru Infrastrutura no Presidente Parlamento, hamutuk ho Ambasador balun, halao lansamento hatidin fatuk dahuluk ba projeitu eletrika Hera, partisipa husi ema liu 100 husi ofisiais Governu nian, no sira seluk balun, maske besik laiha ema ida husi sosiedade sivil, ajensia internasional ka politikus opozisaun hetan konvite. Click iha ne'e atu hare no rona foto, tekstu diskursu sira, no gravasaun husi ceremonia ida neé. Komunikadu impresa (Ingles) husi gabinete Presidente Republika nian ba selebrasaun seremonia ne’e, hetan responde husi Fretilin (Ingles) no Luta Hamutuk. | 2010 Budget Rectification In June 2010, the Government proposed a budget rectification to Parliament. The rectification adds $17 million to the $50 million appropriated for this project in the original 2010 budget. La'o Hamutuk's submission explains why this is not enough. | Orsamentu Rektifikativu 2010 Iha fulan Junu 2010, Governo proposta Orsamentu Rektifikativu ba Parlamentu. Orsamentu foun aumenta alokasaun ba projeitu ida ne'e ho tokon $17 liu tokon $50 aprova ona ba tinan 2010. Submisaun La'o Hamutuk nian esplika katak osan ida ne'e seidauk natoon. |
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