REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, COPENHAGEN -- Indonesia has signed an agreement for the development of wind-powered electricity generating plant of 60 megawatt capacity in South Sulawesi

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"Twenty-one wind turbines will be set up, each with a capacity to produce 3.5MW electricity. In total, 60MW of power will be generated. The construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2017," State Enterprises Minister Rini Sumarno said in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Monday.

The power purchase agreement was signed by business director for Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara, Machinson Masri, on behalf of Indonesia's state-owned power company PT PLN and Tim Russel, director of Equis Indonesia. Danish company Vestas Wind System will be responsible for the construction and supply of turbines.