Wartsila to deliver 8 gas-fired generating sets to S. Sumatra and Batam

Stockholm-based power plant provider Wartsila Corporation announced Wednesday it would deliver a total of eight gas-fired generating sets with a combined output of 48 MWe to Batam and South Sumatra.

Wartsila said in a statement that two Wartsila 18V34SG sets were contracted by an independent power producer PT Elnusa Prima Elektrika in June 2005. The generating sets will be installed at the Prabumulih Gas Engine Power Plant near Palembang in South Sumatra. The sets are due to be fully operational by mid 2006. They will supply electricity to the state-owned electricity company PT PLN.

Another three generating sets are being supplied to industrial park management company PT Batamindo Investment Cakrawala. The project incorporates the installation of Wartsila 18V32DF engines, each of 6012 kW electrical output, at Mukakuning, Batam Island. The first set is due for commissioning by end 2005 and the other two sets by early 2006. The plant will deliver electrical power to the Batamindo Industrial Park.

A further three Wartsila 18V34SG generating sets, each of 6000 kW electrical output, are being supplied to the independent power producer (IPP) PT Indo Matra Power also on Batam. The three sets are due for commissioning by the end of 2005. The plant will deliver electrical power to the Kabil industrial park and to PLN Batam. (Robert)