Back in 2017, Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), appointed Tripatra to develop the mobile power plant in Nias Island, North Sumatra with an installed actual capacity of 35 MW. The project was the part of the government’s 35,000 MW acceleration program to increase electric power supply for industry, businesses, and households in North Sumatra. Tripatra provided EPC as well as 5-years Operation and Maintenance Services for the dual-fuel Gas Engine Base Power Plant facility.

The power plant will have size of 25MW minimum net output capacities at site with maximum of ±20% power output tolerance. The Facility will utilize the dual-fuel gas turbine or gas engine technology for power generation. The dual fuel will be HSD Fuel Oil and Natural Gas, and the power plant will have the capability to operate and switchover between either fuels. The natural gas is intended to be the primary fuel while the fuel oil will be the secondary or back up fuel when gas fuel is not available. The facility is expected to operate with fuel oil on the commercial operation date due to in availability of gas supply at that time. The fuel gas shall be sourced from re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).