GE Future of Electricity Summit Convenes Industry Players to Support Indonesia’s 35 GW Program
September 21 2016 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
- GE reaffirms commitment and investment
to meet Indonesian power generation needs
- GE and Barata Indonesia sign Memorandum
of Understanding to collaborate on local manufacturing
- Summit convenes business and government
leaders to accelerate progress in support of Indonesia’s 21st
century energy agenda
GE (NYSE:GE), in association with the Indonesian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (KADIN), hosted today the Future of
Electricity Summit. Alongside the summit, GE and Barata Indonesia
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on
manufacturing parts and provide services for GE’s aero derivatives,
heavy duty gas turbines, boilers for coal-fired power plants and
renewable energy solutions. In addition, GE committed to support a
technology pilot that aims to accelerate rural electrification
across Indonesia, a key priority of the Indonesian Government’s
poverty alleviation program.
“We are pleased to collaborate with GE Indonesia on
manufacturing parts and provide services for GE’s aero derivatives,
heavy duty gas turbines, boilers for coal-fired power plants and
renewable energy solutions,” said Silmy Karim, CEO PT Barata
Indonesia. “This is a strategic milestone for PT Barata Indonesia
to become a world class engineering procurement company.”
During the summit, business and government leaders discussed the
digital transformation of the electricity sector and how digital
solutions, now commercially available, can improve power generation
and distribution across Indonesia. These digital solutions are
expected to deliver improved efficiencies, reduce energy costs and
provide greater access to electricity. On the policy side, summit
participants discussed a range of key regulatory issues including
human capital and tariffs.
“GE continues to expand the local content in our solutions that
we bring to the country, and the collaboration with Barata
Indonesia is part of this commitment,” Steve Bolze, president and
CEO of GE Power said. “We applaud President Joko Widodo’s
commitment to increase the country’s electrification rate and the
tremendous economic opportunity he is creating for Indonesia. We
share his progressive vision that access to electricity is
foundational to economic growth, job creation and significant
advances in quality of life.”
Summit participants also discussed GE’s collaboration with PLN,
several of which were completed in six months after initial
discussions. In June of this year, GE brought on-line a 100 MW
mobile plant in Gorontalo, as part of Indonesia’s 35 GW program.
Most recently, GE worked with PLN Batam to commission the first of
eight projects, a 50MW plant using GE’s TM2500 Fast Power solution
in Jeranjang, Lombok.
GE also announced its commitment to fund a pilot project in
Eastern Indonesia to showcase technology which can help electrify
remote villages. This pilot is in support of the government’s
Bright Indonesia program which aims to electrify more than 12,600
villages. The program will deploy digitally-enabled hybrid power
solutions. GE is also testing this hybrid technology in India and
Africa.
“Access to electricity is a basic human right,” said Steve
Bolze. “We recognize the challenge ahead and welcome the
opportunity to work with the Indonesian government and PLN to bring
to market the most innovative solutions available for this unique
and important region.”
GE has been a development partner with Indonesia for over 70
years and employs approximately 1,300 employees across the country.
Today, greater than 30% of Indonesia’s power generation installed
base is powered by GE technology. These power generation solutions
include mobile power plants, affordable fossil fuel-based
generation, combined cycle gas and aero derivative turbines,
reciprocating engines and renewable energy solutions that offer
long-term sustainability.
To download GE’s digital press kit for Future of Electricity,
click here.
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