EDISON (Yosefardi) – Fuji Electric have been selected as the supplier of geothermal power equipment for two major projects in Indonesia.
The power electronics manufacturer will supply two units of geothermal steam turbines and generators—each with a power generation capacity of 20,000kW—to PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s oil, gas, renewable and new energy company PT Pertamina. The production is to be completed by the end of year 2016.
Fuji Electric has been awarded the Indonesian contract through Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, which formed a consortium with PT Rekayasa Industri (Rekayasa), an engineering company in Indonesia, to win and undertake an EPC contract from PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy for Units 5 and 6 at the Lahendong Geothermal Area .
The Units will be constructed in Minahasa district of the North Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. At the Lahendong Geothermal Area, Fuji Electric, in collaboration with Sumitomo Corporation and Rekayasa, has successfully delivered three units of geothermal steam turbines and generators for Units 2, 3 and 4.
Geothermal power generation can be used as a base-load power source that provides a stable power supply, using renewable energy sources such as steam and hot water from the ground.
Since 1960, Fuji Electric has delivered a total of 71 geothermal steam turbine power generation units providing a capacity of 2,787 MW in Japan and overseas (of which six units with a capacity of 219 MW have been delivered to Iceland) and, in the decade from 2004 to 2013, the power electronics manufacturer achieved the world’s largest market share (40%) with 21 units delivered providing 1,068 MW.