Jokowi sees off marine vessel power plant
Wednesday, December 9 2015 - 02:51 AM WIB
The 120-MW vessel power plant called ?Karadeniz Powership Zeynep Sultan? just arrived from Turkey and will be stationed close to the PLTU Amurang coal fired power plant to strengthen power supplies on the North Sulawesi-Gorontalo grid. The vessel power plant built in 2014 is leased by PLN for five years, the firm said in a statement but stopped short of unveiling the owner.
PLN will sign contracts to lease similar power plant to be located in northern Sumatra (240 MW), Kupang (60 MW), Ambon (60 MW) and Lombok (60 MW).
One of the advantages of such power plant is that it is easy to be relocated. It takes only three to four weeks to move it from one location to another. It will allow PLN to cut costs by Rp 350 billion per year and quickly meet power demand in one area in case of shortage of power.
The power plant is equipped with dual fuel engine, which allows it to use heavy fuel oil or gas. In the beginning, it will use fuel oil. The MVPP will arrive in Amurang in seven days.
The vessel arrived in Tanjung Priok on Dec. 1, 2015 after 30 days of voyage from Turkey through Suez Canal, Indian Ocean and Sri Lanka.
The peak load of the North Sulawesi-Gorontalo grid now stands at 325 MW, while the installed capacity of the power plants there is 325 MW. However, at present, the grid is experiencing a shortage of 50 MW because several power plants are either shut down for maintenance or can operate optimally due to various problems.
PLN is finishing the construction of PLTG Gorontalo gas turbine power plant (100 MW), which is par to the 35,000 MW program. A unit of the power plant will come onstrream at the end of this year or early next year. It is the first power plant of the 35,000 MW program that will come onstream.
Editing by Johannes Simbolon