Invensys wins PLN power plants technical upgrades contract

Global technology, software and consulting firm Invensys Process Systems (IPS) announced Wednesday that it has signed a contract to make technical upgrades to five power plants owned by state electricity firm PLN.

Under the deal, IPS will provide distributed control systems (DCS) and automation solutions to power plants located in Java, representing some 3,820 megawatts of power generation capacity.

The automation upgrades at PLN Persero plants are part of a larger effort by the Indonesian government to expand the country's power generation capacity. Dubbed the "10,000MW Crash Program" and announced in 2004, Indonesia aims to add 10,000MW of new capacity by 2010.(alex)