General Electric Corporation (GE) inks a deal for the supply of gas turbines to 1,600MW power plant project in Indonesia

Indonesia: Indonesia’s PT Pertamina and Japan’s Marubeni Corp have entered into a contract with General Electric Company (GE) for the supply of power generation equipment that includes gas turbines for a power plant located in Java, Indonesia. This consortium will be Indonesia’s biggest gas and steam power plant with an installed capacity of 1,600 MW. South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp will be providing the engineering, procurement and construction services for this project. However, financial details are not disclosed by the consortium.

TechSci Research depicts that Asia-Pacific power transformers market will grow with the increase in demand for power generation and distribution across the countries like China, India, and Indonesia. Rapid industrialization in Asia Pacific region along with shift of manufacturing hub from North America and Europe region to Asia Pacific region has led to the growth of transformers market in the region. Companies like, ABB, Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co. (TBEA), Siemens and GE are the major suppliers of power and distribution transformers globally.

According to released report of TechSci Research “Global Power and Distribution Transformers Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2020” power and distribution transformers market globally is projected to register a CAGR of 5.7% during 2015-20. For the purpose of meeting growing power demand, the power generation capacity of existing power plants will be increased and new capacity will be added that will supply electricity to the industries and residential consumers.