Japan's MHPS Starts Unit 2 of Java Plant
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) said August 7 it started up the second unit of a major gas-fired power project in Indonesia last month.
The Japanese turbine-maker said it started up July 18 the second unit of the gas-fired Tanjung Priok Power Plant in Java, Indonesia; the first unit came online in June (see photo below).
“Unit 1 initially went into operation as a simple gas turbine system this June with output nearing 300 MW, now Unit 2 has joined to produce equivalent wattage. Both units were finished ahead of schedule,” said MHPS. The project is part of the Jawa-2 project under which Indonesian state-owned electricity supplier PLN Persero plans to build an 880 MW plant comprising of CCGT power generation systems.
Jawa-2 is located at Tanjung Priok, a port city about 10 km northeast of central Jakarta. The full-turnkey order for the power plant was received by MHPS in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation and Indonesia’s Wasa Mitra Engineering. MHPS is responsible for providing two M701F gas turbines as well as two exhaust heat recovery boilers, one steam turbine, and auxiliary equipment. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation supplied the generators. MHPS said both units have supplied power ahead of the 2018 Asian Games, held this month in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital and main city on Java.
Launch of operations as a CCGT system, generating power from gas turbines with the exhaust heat put through a steam turbine, is slated for 2019.
MHPS said it holds the top market share for large gas turbines in Indonesia: the latest system start-up takes the total generation capacity of equipment supplied by MHPS to power producers to 12 GW.
Its statement made no reference to any damage at Jawa-2, arising from the magnitude 7.0 earthquake centred on Lombok, an island some 450 miles to the east of Jakarta, which occurred late August 5 but has been followed by multiple aftershocks. The quakes, felt as far west as Java, have killed around 100 people and left thousands homeless on Lombok.
(Photo credit: MHPS)