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Wika consortium secures $178m contract to build Aceh power plant
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Power contract: State electricity company PLN's president director Sofyan Basir (second left) shakes hands with state construction firm Wijaya Karya's (Wika) president director Bintang Perbowo on Wednesday after the signing of a contract to build a 250-megawatt peaker power plant in Aceh that was won by a consortium consisting of Wika, Spanish construction firm TSK Electronica Y Electricidad S.A. and local power solutions provider Sumberdaya Sewatama. (Courtesy of Wijaya Karya/File)
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consortium led by state-owned construction firm PT Wijaya Karya (Wika) has officially sealed a contract worth US$178.7 million from state electricity company PLN to build a peaker power plant in Lhokseumawe, Aceh.
The contract agreement for the project was signed on Wednesday by Wijaya Karya president director Bintang Perbowo and PLN president director Sofyan Basir at PLN’s headquarters in Jakarta.
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The consortium, which consists of Wika, Spanish construction firm TSK Electronica Y Electricidad S.A. and local power solutions provider Sumberdaya Sewatama, will be in charge of the engineering, procurement and construction of the peaker power plant, which will be able to provide an additional 250 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
The project is expected to be completed in the next 20 months.
“Wika is proud to take part to accelerate the government’s 35,000-MW electricity procurement program. We expect to complete the project on schedule,” Bintang said in a press release distributed by the company on Thursday.
Peaker power plants are usually operated only when the demand for electricity is high, known as peak demand. (hwa)
