Siemens Gamesa wins EPC contract for Tolo 1 wind farm project
Tuesday, July 25 2017 - 01:51 AM WIB
Wind power provider Siemens Gamesa said it has signed five-year contracts for EPC as well as operations and maintenance (O&M) for the Tolo 1 wind power plant project in Jeneponto, South Sulawesi Province.
Siemens Gamesa said in a statement on July 21 that the wind power plant developed by Equis Energy, the largest renewable energy IPP (independent power producer) in the Asia-Pacific region, will be installed by late 2017. Commissioning is planned for early 2018.
?With the ?Tolo 1? onshore wind project, Siemens Gamesa has secured its first order in Indonesia for the gearless SWT-3.6-130 wind turbines,? the company said in the statement, adding that the Tolo 1 wind farm in will consist of 20 wind turbines of the type SWT-3.6-130.
For the installation work, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is working in consortium with one of the largest Indonesian construction companies IDX-listed PT PP (Persero) Tbk.
The wind project will be connected to the Indonesian energy grid via a local substation and a purpose-built 150 kilovolt (kV) transmission line. The type SWT-3.6-130 direct-drive turbines ? each with a rating of 3.6 megawatts and a rotor-diameter of 130 meters ? will be installed on steel towers with hub heights of 135 meters.
Indonesia has set ambitious energy targets with a renewable share of 23 percent by 2019. For Siemens Gamesa, Tolo 1 is the second order in Indonesia after the 75 megawatts (MW) Sidrap wind farm, announced earlier this year. Besides these two Indonesian projects, Siemens Gamesa's footprint in the Asia Pacific region extends to Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, China, India, Australia and New Zealand having installed roughly nine gigawatts in these markets.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak