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JAKARTA (RAMBUENERGY.com) – Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia and the PT Kar Powership of Turkey on Friday (Oct 28) signed memorandum of understanding to develop floating power vessel to support the government’s drive to build 35,000 MW of power plant by 2020.
The MoU was signed in Jakarta by CEO of Karpowership Orhan Remzi Karadeniz and President Director of PAL Indonesia Muhammad Firmansyah Arifin. The MoU was witnessed by Turkey Ambassador to Indoensia Sander Gurbuz and Karpowership Director Region Asia Ufuk Berk.
The cooperation will cover development of floating powership for seven years with total capacity of 5,000 MW. The powerships will have different capacities.
Firman said the powership, powered by two-types of fuel, will be deployed in remote islands across Indonesia and can be moved from one place to another. The ship, he said, is suitable for the archipelagic nation like Indonesia.
Orhan said the powership will be cost-efficient and can be generated by oil, coal, gas and others.
Under the MoU, PAL is responsible for design, procurement, construction, transportation, installation, testing and maintenance of the powership in the next seven years.
Kar Powership, is the operator of 125 MW of Kardeniz Powership Zeynep Sultan which is being deployed in Amurang, North Sulawesi. Kar Powership has delivered such vessel to Indonesia so far. (*)
