ABB STAL power plant for Indonesia
P.T. ABB Energy System Indonesia (ESI) and ABB STAL AB in Finspong, Sweden, have jointly received an order for a GT10 cogeneration power plant to be built in Indonesia. The company that placed the order, P.T. Wismakarya Prasetyra, operates in the field of power and steam as a member of the Texmaco Group of companies.
Texmaco is an Indonesian/Indian-based group operating in the fields of textiles, textile machinery, and heavy industry. The cogeneration plant ordered by the group will be erected in Karawang situated east of Jakarta. The plant will supply power and steam to other companies in the texmaco group. The main consumer will be P.T. Polysindo, a company that produces polyester yarn.
The GT10 Power Plant
The GT10 is an industrial gas turbine designed and built to satisfy the need for heavy-duty equipment able to meet the requirements for low life-cycle cost, that is, low first cost. low fuel costs and low costs for operation and maintenance.
In cogeneration and combined cycle applications, the high exhaust temperature of the GT10 makes it one of the most efficient turbines on the market.
According to ABB STAL, the ordered was secured owing to the strong local presence of ABB through P.T. ABB ESI that was enhanced by the excellent support from ABB STAL experts at the regional organization in Malaysia (ABB Power Generation Sdn Bhd).
The power plant, which provides superior performance compared with competitive equipment, will be supplied by ABB STAL in Sweden in the early autumn of 1997. It is scheduled to enter operation in the beginning of 1998. [Picture]
