MHPS to Build Gas Fired Power Plant in Indonesia

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) along with partners will build a natural-gas-fired gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power plant in Indonesia.

In a statement issued Thursday, MHPS, said the company together with Mitsubishi Corporation and PT. Wasa Mitra Engineering (WASA), a local construction and engineering firm, received a full-turnkey order for an 880 megawatts (MW) natural-gas fired GTCC power plant from PT. PLN (Persero), Indonesia's state-owned electricity company.

The project named Jawa-2 Combined Cycle Power Plant Project will start operations in 2018. The project will be located on the premises of Tanjung Priok Power Plant, approximately 10 kilometers northeast of central part of Jakarta.

The project is part of a 35,000 MW power expansion program under way by the Indonesian government to meet the country's rapidly increasing demand for electric power along with economic growth.