Wärtsilä to Supply, Operate and Maintain Five Multi-Fuel Power Plants in Indonesia

Wärtsilä to Supply, Operate and Maintain Five Multi-Fuel Power Plants in
Indonesia

A consortium between the technology group Wärtsilä and an Indonesian
construction company, PT PP (Persero) Tbk, has been contracted to supply
five power plants, totalling 255MW, to PT PLN, the Indonesian state utility.
The consortium will be responsible for the complete engineering, procurement
and construction (EPC) of the projects, and will also operate and maintain
the power plants for a five-year period.

The five plants are covered by two separate orders. One order comprises four
modular gas cube power plants, totalling 115 MW. The gas cubes will be
located in Ternate, Nabire, Bontang and Flores. The second order, a 140 MW
power plant, will be located in Bangkanai, in Central Kalimantan on the
island of Borneo. All five power plants include Wärtsilä 34DF engines
capable of running on multiple fuels, such as liquid fuels and natural gas.
This significantly increases the operational flexibility and reliability of
the plants. The four gas cube power plants are scheduled to be operational
in late 2017 and early 2018, and the Bangkanai plant in late 2018. The
orders have been booked in the first quarter of 2017.

The four gas cube power plants are part of a public tender announced by PT
PLN last year, and they will provide flexible baseload power to the
Indonesian grid. Wärtsilä announced the award of a contract for two similar
plant deliveries in December 2016. The Wärtsilä gas cube is a ready-to-use,
pre-engineered, modular power plant package especially designed for
fast-track delivery with minimal site work. In addition to the short
installation time, it can also be easily dismantled and re-installed in
another location if required.

The 140MW Bangkanai phase II power plant will complement an existing
Wärtsilä-built gas power plant located in the middle of jungle terrain in
Bangkanai. The two plants will have a key role in producing electricity for
the Kalimantan grid and helping to meet the area's growing electricity
demand.

Wärtsilä will take on the daily operation and maintenance of these five
power plants, to optimise the performance and production lifecycle of the
installations. The five-year operations and maintenance agreement includes
expertise areas such as recruitment, management and training of local
personnel, technical support, maintenance planning, performance monitoring
and logistics management, as well as preventive and predictive maintenance
to meet local health, safety and environmental requirements.

"These contracts showcase the strength of our relationship with the state
utility, PT PLN. The customer values our EPC capability and comprehensive
O&M offering. The Bangkanai plant is located in a rather demanding
environment and PT PLN knows that we can deliver an EPC on-time, even in
such tough conditions. The operations & maintenance agreement supports
efficient plant performance and profitability; we can maximise the lifetime
of these installations and ensure their availability in a challenging
environment." says Frederic Carron, Regional Director at Wärtsilä.

Wärtsilä and PT PLN have a long and healthy business relationship. The two
parties recently signed a MoU to build and develop power generation projects
in Indonesia. Wärtsilä's installed capacity in Indonesia will exceed 3.4GW
during 2017.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com