Mitsubishi Completes First Unit of Indonesia Power Plant

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) June 12 said it has completed construction of the first unit (unit 1) of a natural-gas-fired power generation (CCGT) facility being built in Indonesia.

The facility is located on Java Island within the premises of the Tanjung Priok Power Plant owned by PLN (Persero), Indonesia's state-owned electricity provider. Under the Jawa-2 project, PLN plans to construct an 880-megawatt (MW) plant comprising two CCGT power generation systems. Unit 1 has initially gone into operation as a simple gas turbine system, with output currently near 300 MW, MHPS said.

The full-turnkey order for the power plant was received by MHPS in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation and Wasa Mitra Engineering, an Indonesian construction and engineering firm. 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. The launch of operations as a GTCC system, generating power by gas turbine and by a steam turbine utilising recovered exhaust heat, is slated for 2019, MHPS said.

This project is part of a 35 GW power expansion program undertaken by the Indonesian government to meet the country's rapidly increasing demand for power.