American energy giant General Electric (GE) last week announced that it has signed a framework agreement with Indonesia-based Navigat Energy Pte Ltd to supply the latter with 100 gas engines for its on-site power projects throughout Southeast Asia.
The 100 natural gas and “ecomagination” qualified biogas gas engines will be installed at various sites in Indonesia and Thailand and produce a total of 330 megawatts (MW) of, the companies said in a statement.
Navigat, a developer of distributed power projects in Southeast Asia, is GE’s authorised distributor of Jenbacher gas engines in Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore.
Under the deal, GE supplied 70 natural-gas fuelled engines for Navigat-owned independent power plant (IPP) projects in Indonesia and another 30 engines for palm oil biogas power projects in Thailand. The bulk order is one of two major gas engine supply and service contracts GE signed with Navigat Energy.