Cikarang?s coal-fired power plant begins operation
Tuesday, September 26 2017 - 04:25 AM WIB
IDX-listed power producer PT Cikarang Listrindo Tbk said that its second coal-fired power plant with capacity of 2x140 MW in Babelan, Bekasi Regency, West Java Province, has started operation.
Cikarang Corporate Secretary Christanto Pranata said on Monday that with the operation of the new power plant, the company?s total power plant capacity has now increased to 1,144 MW.
The company supplies electricity to the industrial estates of Jababeka and MM2100 in Bekasi Regency.
?This is a significant milestone for the company, with a new type of electricity generation. We are also delighted with both units? performance,? Christanto said in a press statement, adding that the first unit of the coal-fired power plant was currently running at its base load.
The company selected steam turbines from the Germany-based Siemens AG, the leading energy provider for reliable high-technology products. It also installed boilers with a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) technology from Finland-based firm Valmet Technologies Oy.
The boilers have been designed for a low combustion emission, better than the standard set by the World Bank and the Environment and Forestry Ministry. The boilers are also equipped with electrostatic precipitators (ESP) to reduce particle emissions into the air. (*)