Success Story: PLN Powering Eastern Indonesia on Fast Track Basis with Modular Power Plant Concept
(Room Garuda 8, 1st Floor)
19 Sep 18
9:30 AM
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11:00 AM
Tracks:
TRACK A - Trends, Projects and Strategies
Over the recent years, there has been a significant Power shortage and low electrification ratio in the Eastern part of Indonesia (Kalimantan, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara, Papua, and Sulawesi). Improved access to affordable and sustainable forms of energy is critical to enhance eastern part of Indonesia into a new growth area with a focus on high-value agriculture, fisheries, small and medium-sized enterprises, and tourism, all of which rely on a stable energy supply. Therefore, PLN, the Indonesian Utility embraced the mission assigned to them by President Jokowi to fill the gap within the shortest time possible. In order to achieve this target PLN decided to implement super-fast track power plant projects with a 6 months completion time requirement. This initiative was only made successful thanks to the use of modular Power Plants design as required under projects such as “Package 8 (Jayapura & Kendari). In this project, a consortium between Wärtsilä and an Indonesian construction company, PT PP (Persero) Tbk, was awarded the contract to supply total 114 MW modular power plants, capable of operating on multiple fuels, including liquid fuels and natural gas. The consortium was responsible for the complete Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) project, and will also operate and maintain the power plants for a 5-year period. The Power Plants are based on Wärtsilä ’s Gas Cube Modular technology. The Gas Cube is a ready-to-use pre-engineered modular power plant package designed to achieve fast delivery with minimal site work, also they can be easily dismantled and re-installed individually somewhere else if necessary. The plants will provide flexible base load power to the Indonesian grid. These power plants will increase the electrification ratio of eastern Indonesia, and will add reliability to the existing system. This paper is about a success story and describes in detail the challenges to execute such fast track EPC Projects.