Black & Veatch wins power plant contract in Indonesia

Kansas City Business Journal ,  10 March 2009

Black & Veatch has won a contract from Sumitomo Corp. for work on the expansion of a power station in Central Java, Indonesia. 

The Overland Park-based engineering firm will provide engineering, procurement and commissioning services to Sumitomo for doubling the Tanjung Jati B power station’s capacity, Black & Veatch said in a release Tuesday. 

Financial terms of Black & Veatch’s contract and the overall project weren’t disclosed. 

Sumitomo is developing the project for PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia’s state-owned power utility. 

The expansion will add two 660-megawatt units to the coal-fired power station, doubling its overall generating capacity to about 2,640 megawatts. The expanded plant will provide enough energy to power about 300,000 homes and businesses. The project includes air-quality control equipment to reduce emissions. 

The project is scheduled for completion sometime in 2011.

Black & Veatch also was involved in designing plant’s first two units, which began commercial operation in 2006. 

Black & Veatch ranks No. 1 on the Kansas City Business Journal’s list of area engineering firms.