Japan's MHPS Begins Trial of Java CCGT

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has begun trial operation of gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) for Jawa-2 project underway by PLN (Persero), Indonesia’s state-owned electricity provider, at the Tanjung Priok power plant on Java Island, MHPS said February 14.

The project, to construct GTCC natural-gas-fired power generation facilities, is now in its final stage towards completion and commercial start-up this May. MHPS said it is now anticipating handover of the completed project ahead of schedule. The first unit of the project came online in June 2018 and the second unit became operational in August.

Under the Jawa-2 project, Indonesian state-owned electricity supplier PLN Persero has build an 880 MW plant comprising of CCGT power generation systems. Jawa-2 is located at Tanjung Priok, a port city about 10 km northeast of central Jakarta. The full-turnkey order for the power plant was received by MHPS in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation and Indonesia’s Wasa Mitra Engineering. MHPS is responsible for providing two M701F gas turbines as well as two exhaust heat recovery boilers, one steam turbine, and auxiliary equipment. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation supplied the generators. MHPS said both units have supplied power ahead of the 2018 Asian Games, held this month in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital and main city on Java.

In addition to Jawa-2, MHPS and Mitsubishi Corporation have jointly received a full-turnkey order for EPC on a 500 MW natural-gas-fired GTCC power plant under construction by PLN at Muara Karang near Jakarta. Installation of the power generation equipment, including an M701F gas turbine, is on with start-up expected in December 2019.

Indonesia is currently undertaking a large-scale thermal power expansion program centred on the West Java region around Jakarta, under a government initiative to add 35 GW generation capacities in order to meet surging demand for power along with the country’s economic growth, MHPS said.