3.1. POM capacity and distance to the national grid line
Actually, there are about 83 POM detected by GPS in five districts of North Sumatera, that most are in Asahan
and Labuhan Batu district. Then, those POM were selected by representative operating performance and distance
between POM and the others in each district.
Almost a half of the POM assessed in North Sumatera has 30 tons FFB/hour capacity. Others have higher
capacity, 45, 50 and 60 tons FFB/hour. Only around 14% POM has less than 30 tons FFB/hour (Fig. 1). Generally,
POM standard capacity is 30 and 45 tons FFB/hour. To up scaling the capacity, POM usually adjoins new operating
units without fully change operating system.