Toshiba, PLN eye CCS at Indonesian thermal power plants

Japanese engineering firm Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions plans to explore installing carbon capture and storage (CCS) equipment at Indonesian state-owned power firm PLN subsidiary's thermal power plants.

This is in line with Indonesia's net zero emission goal by 2060. Toshiba on 22 August said that it signed an initial agreement with PLN subsidiary Nusantara Power (PLN-NP). The target plants include the Paiton No.1 and No.2 coal-fired units that operate with steam turbines and generators supplied by Toshiba.

Toshiba has delivered 32 steam turbines, with a combined capacity of 8,263MW, to thermal and geothermal power plants in Indonesia since 1981. Nine steam turbines totalling 1,845MW are currently in operation at four thermal plants owned by PLN-NP, the company said.

Toshiba aims to minimise energy consumption required for CCS, while optimising generation efficiency of existing power plants.

The deal came after Japan's trade and industry ministry (Meti) and Indonesia's ministry of energy and mineral resources (ESDM) signed an agreement on 21 August to form an institutional co-operation framework to facilitate and enhance collaboration to encourage decarbonisation of the energy sector.

By Motoko Hasegawa