PLN appoints Black & Veatch to help develop small power plants
Wednesday, July 29 2015 - 04:41 AM WIB
State-owned electricity company PT. Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has appointed global engineering and construction company Black & Veatch to develop 50 small to medium-scale power plants including mobile units in remote areas in Indonesia.
Black & Veatch said in a statement Wednesday that a combined capacity of 2GW power plants will be developed in remote regions.
The projects, with capacity ranging from 5-100 MW, are currently at concept design stage. The smaller capacity plants are expected to start production in the middle of 2016, while the larger ones in 2018.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak