Wärtsilä and PT Perusahan Listrik Negara (PLN), Indonesia’s state power company, have signed a memorandum to cooperate on the development of 500 MW of power generation solutions and related small-scale LNG storage and regasification infrastructure.
Such integrated LNG-to-power projects are forecast to be contracted and installed as several projects across the Indonesian archipelago during the next two years. To that end, Wärtsilä has committed to knowledge transfer to help develop local Indonesian capability in power projects execution.
Rapidly economic development, has significantly improved the standard of living in Indonesia in recent years. Investment in infrastructure, particularly in power generation, is vital to maintain growth and meet the government’s goal of ensuring equal availability of reliable power supply through the entire island nation.
An ambitious program of adding 35,000MW of power generation capacity to the Indonesian power grid by 2019 was launched by the government in Jakarta in 2015. Wärtsilä stated that the 500 MW of generating capacity, covered in the MoU, will help PLN in implementing this program.
"Wärtsilä's proven capability to deliver high quality, efficient, and flexible power plant solutions on a fast-track basis is perfectly suited to the requirements of Indonesia" Javier Cavada, President Wärtsilä Energy Solutions commented, underlining the firm’s “strong commitment” towards the development of Indonesian manufacturing skills as it is the basis for a mutually beneficial relationship
Helsinki-based Wärtsilä has been present in Indonesia for more than 30 years, installing more than 3 GW of power generation capacity. Some of the recent projects are the 200 MW dual-fuel Pesanggaran plant, 184 MW Arun power plant and the Bangkanai 150 MW power plant.