VINCI to help develop RI?s first wind farm project
Saturday, February 11 2017 - 04:07 AM WIB
France-based VINCI Energies SA announced Friday that it will provide its engineering expertise in the planned development of the 70 MW Sidrap Wind Project in South Sulawesi Province, which will be the country?s first wind farm.
?For this pioneering project in Indonesia UPC have selected Indokomas (VINCI Energies local unit) to deliver on a design and build basis the electrical balance of plant of the wind farm comprising the electrical gathering system for 30 wind turbine generators, the high voltage substation, and a 150kV transmission line to tap into the national utility?s grid system,? VINCI said in a statement.
The wind farm project will be developed by PT UPC Sidrap Bayu Energi, a joint venture owned by UPC Renewables, PT Binatek and AC Energy Holdings.
This work will be financed by OPIC, the U.S. government?s development finance institution.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak