Iran’s state power company MAPNA and Indonesia’s state electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at collaborating in the energy sector.
“The MoU lays the groundwork for MAPNA’s presence in Indonesia, and the larger Southeast Asia region” said Khalil Behbahani, CEO of MAPNA's investment division. He added MAPNA could contribute to the energy sector of Indonesia through IPP (independent power producer), EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction), EPCF (engineering, procurement, construction, and financing) and operation & maintenance projects.
The document was signed in mid-December by MAPNA's president Abbas Aliabadi and PLN's president Sofyan Basir, MAPNA said in a statement.
MAPNA has expanded its overseas business in the recent years. The company is currently constructing the 3,000 MW Rumaila Power Plant in Najaf, southern Iraq and has carried out O&M services in Indonesia, particularly in Belawan Power Plant in northern Sumatra, it said.
Indonesia aims to build 35 GW of new capacity by 2019
GTPj previously reported that PLN had obtained $435 million in financing to develop mobile gas-fired power plants (MPP) as part of Indonesia's government’s goal to build some 35 MW of new generating capacity by 2019.
Along with the MPP development, PLN is also planning to build permanent power plants such as steam-driven power plants in the same areas, according to local media reports.
“These MPPs are expected to make electricity procurement reach Indonesia’s remote areas so the economy can grow and the 99.7% electrification ratio target in 2019 can be achieved,” PLN finance director Sarwono Sudarto was quoted by newspaper Jakarta Post as saying in mid-December.