Under the contract, signed with the proposed plant’s owner and operator PT Cirebon Energi Prasarana (CEPR), MHPS will be manufacture and supply an ultra-supercritical-pressure boiler and a FGD system, and will also undertake commissioning.
Toshiba will be responsible for manufacture, supply, procurement and installation of the plant’s steam turbine, generator and others.
Additionally, Hyundai E&C will supply coal transport and ash processing facilities and peripheral equipment. It will also undertake related civil engineering and installation work.
CEPR, a joint venture between Marubeni, PT Indika Energy Tbk, Samtan, Korea Midland Power, and Chubu Electric Power, is undertaking the development of the $2bn project as an expansion to the existing Cirebon facility.
The new power plant is being built to meet the growing power demand in the country.
Toshiba expects the expansion project to be the largest coal fired ultra-super critical thermal power plant in the country upon commissioning scheduled in June 2020.
Power generated from the 1,000MW Cirebon expansion plant will be supplied to PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia’s state-owned electricity utility, under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).
The expansion project is expects to contribute to the Indonesian Government’s effort to have 35GW of additional installed power capacity in the next five years.
Featuring ultra super-critical technologies, the facility will be 30% owned by Marubeni, 25% Indika and 20% by Samtan. Additionally, Korea Midland Power and Chubu Electric each own 10% in the project, reported Reuters earlier.
Power generated from the Cirebon power plant is also being sold to Persero at a price of 4.43 US cents per kWh, under a PPA.
Image: The Cirebon coal fired power plant in Indonesia. Photo: courtesy of Marubeni Corporation.
