SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL) has begun commercial operation of its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to supply liquefied natural gas to a power plant in West Java, Indonesia, the company said on Friday.
According to MOL, the project is Asia’s first gas-to-power generation project using FSRUs.
FSRU operations under the name Jawa Satu began on 29 March. MOL owns Jawa Satu through PT Jawa Satu Regas, a joint venture between PT Pertamina (Persero), Marubeni Corporation, Sojitz Corporation and other partners.
With a storage capacity of 170,000 cubic meters and a regasification capacity of 300 million standard cubic feet per day (MMcsfd), Jawa Satu will receive LNG for power generation from LNG tankers through ship-to-ship transfer before delivering it to the Jawa 1 plant.
The plant, which also started operations on March 29 by PT Jawa Satu Power, has a generating capacity of 1,760 megawatts and is located in Chilamaya, West Java, the company added. It is also jointly owned by Pertamina, Marubeni and Sojitz.
The electricity generated by the plant will be supplied to Indonesian state-owned electricity company PT PLN (Persero) for 25 years.