Yokogawa wins control system order for Lahendong

By Alexander Ginting

Japan?s Yokogawa Electric Corporation though its P.T. Yokogawa Indonesia, has received an order from state electricity firm PT. PLN (Persero), to supply the control system for a project that will renovate the first of four 20 MW power generation units at the Lahendong geothermal power plant, North Sulawesi.

As part of this renovation project, the system used to monitor and control the steam turbine auxiliary facilities in unit No. 1 will be replaced with the CENTUM?VP integrated production control system. Yokogawa Indonesia will be responsible for engineering, installing, and commissioning the new system. This project is scheduled to be completed by February 2014, whereupon unit No. 1 will be returned to service, the company said in a statement released Thursday.

CENTUM VP systems have already been operating for some time in units No. 3 and 4. The solid performance of these systems, combined with Yokogawa's superior technical expertise in geothermal power generation, the quality of its products, and its extensive engineering and service network in Indonesia, were primary considerations in PT. PLN's decision to go with the CENTUM VP solution in unit No.1.