Viscas Corp wins EPC for Sumatra-Java transmission project

By Bernard Loebs

State-owned electricity firm PT PLN has appointed a consortium of Japan?s Viscas Corporation and PT Multi Fabrindo Gemilang as the winning bidder for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Rp 3.4 trillion Sumatra-Java electricity transmission cable project, said Bagiyo Riawan, Director for Strategic Procurement at PLN on Wednesday.

The project comprises of two following HVDC overhead transmission packages.
1. DC 500 kV transmission, Sumatra segment, from the Muara Enim Converter/Inverter Station in South Sumatra to the Ketapang Switching Station in Lampung.
2. DC 500 kV transmission, Java segment, from Pantai Selira Switching Station in Banten to Converter/Inverter Station in Bogor, West Java.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak