Coal-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia

Bukit Asam
Location:
South Sumatra
Operator: PT PLN
Configuration: 4 X 65 MW
Operation: 1989-1995
Fuel: subbituminous coal, oil
Boiler supplier: Stein
T/G supplier: Rateau, GEC-Alsthom
EPC: Sogeah, Japan Jurong Engineering

Photograph courtesy of PT Bukit Asam Batubara
Posted 2 Nov 2005

Cilacap
Location:
Central Java
Operator: PT Indonesia Power
Configuration: 2 X 300 MW
Operation: 2006
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Dongfang
T/G supplier: Dongfang
EPC: Chengda Engineering, Southwest Electric Power Design Institute
Quick facts: The plant is owned by PT Sumber Segara Primadya (S2P) formed by PT PLN subsidiary PT Pembangkitan Jawa-Bali (PJB) and PT Sumberenergi Sakti Prima (SSP). Ground breaking was on 29 December 2003 and physical construction got underway in April 2004. The units were completed 3mos ahead of schedule in Apr and Sep 2006, respectively. The plant cost $510mn and sells electricity to PLN at 4.57 cents/kWh. Chengda obtained $408mn in loans from Chinese banks while PT S2P received $200mn worth of letters of credit from BKPM. This was the first large-scale Indonesian power plant completed since the 1997-98 financial crisis. Black & Veatch was the owner’s engineer.

Photograph courtesy of Southwest Electric Power Design Institute
Re-posted 30 Apr 2008

Ombilin
Location:
West Sumatra
Operator: PT PLN
Configuration: 2 X 100 MW
Operation: 1996-1997
Fuel: subbituminous coal, oil
Boiler supplier: Stein
T/G supplier: GEC-Alsthom
EPC: GEC-Alstom, Cegelec, Lahmeyer
Quick facts: EPC contract awarded in late 1993. ESPs from Walther.

Photograph courtesy of PT Bukit Asam Batubara
Posted 2 Nov 2005

 

Paiton I & II
Location:
East Java
Operator: PT Paiton Energy / PT Jawa Power
Configuration: 2 X 670 MW, 2 X 610 MW
Operation: 1999-2000
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: ABB
T/G supplier: GE, Siemens
EPC: Duke/Fluor, Toyo Engineering, Black & Veatch, ABB, Siemens
Quick facts: In Mar 1993, the government approved plans to build Paiton I – the country’s first major IPP – but financial close was not achieved until Apr 1995. PT Paiton Energy, the development consortium, was initially composed of Mitsui, Edison Mission Energy, General Electric, and PT Batu Hitam Perkasa. The sponsors provided $680mn while the balance of $1.82bn project cost was financed by Chase Manhattan and the Industrial Bank of Japan, and the U.S. and Japanese EXIM banks. OPIC provided $200mn in investment guarantees. The PT Jawa Power consortium for Paiton II was led by Siemens and England’s PowerGen (now E.ON UK) and included local partner PT Bumipertiwi Tatapradipta, a subsidiary of Bimantara Group. Financing for the $1.65bn plant was arranged in Mar 1996 with debt totaling $1.36bn from export credit agencies Hermes ($500mn), the U.S. EXIM ($400mn), KfW ($250mn), and $200mn from the private placement of senior notes. In May 2004, YTL Power acquired a 35% stake in PT Jawa Power for $139.4mn. Both Paiton I and Paiton II have Alstom saltwater FGD scrubbers.

Photograph courtesy of Siemens AG
Posted 9 Feb 2002

Paiton PLN
Location:
East Java
Operator: PT PLN
Configuration: 2 X 400 MW
Operation: 1993-1994
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: ABB
T/G supplier: Toshiba
EPC: Sargent & Lundy, Hyundai
Quick facts: In Feb 2007, Harbin signed a contract to supply a 660-MW unit to PLTU Paiton for service in 2009.

Photograph by John Kirkby
Posted 20 Apr 2008

Abbreviations: ABB = Asea Brown Boveri, B&V = Black & Veatch, B&W = Babcock & Wilcox, CE = Combustion Engineering, GE = General Electric, T/G = turbine generator

Data: Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base, industcards

Updated 04/30/08

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