Voith to supply hydraulic turbine for power project in RI
Wednesday, September 24 2014 - 01:36 AM WIB
Germany?s engineering firm Voith GmbH said that Voith Fuji Hydro, a joint venture company of Voith Hydro and Fuji Electric Co. based in Japan, has been awarded a contract to supply major electro-mechanical equipment for the Rajamandala hydroelectric power project in Indonesia.
The run-of-river hydropower plant will have a capacity of 46.6 MW and is located in the Rajamandala on Citarum basin, in the Cianjur Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia. The plant will be constructed and operated by PT Rajamandala Electric Power (REP), an Indonesian IPP company being invested by PT Indonesia Power of Indonesia and Kansai Electric Power of Japan. The electricity produced is going to be sold to state-owned power firm PT PLN for 30 years, according to a press statement issued by Voith Wednesday.
The main contractor to REP is Hyundai Engineering of Korea (HEC) being responsible for overall plant engineering and procurement. Voith Fuji will deliver a 46.6 MW Kaplan type Hydraulic turbine and generator under the contract signed with HEC, the statement said.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak