Japanese firms win RI jobs

Japanese firms win RI jobs

TOKYO (AFP): Three major Japanese trading firms have each won orders from the Indonesian government to build thermal power plants in Java by 1997 worth a total 180 billion yen (US$1.8 billion), company spokesmen said yesterday.

Marubeni Corp. will build a 80 billion yen power station with a capacity of 1,100 megawatts in Muara Tawar, West Java, jointly with Asea Brown Boveri AG, a Swiss-Swedish venture and the largest heavy electrical machinery maker in Europe.

Mitsubishi Corp. has won a 60 billion yen contract with Siemens AG and Cockerill Mechanical Industries of Belgium for a 800 megawatt plant in Grati in East Java.

Sumitomo Corp., with General Electric of the United States, was awarded a 40 billion yen order to build additional facilities at Tambak Lorok in Central Java.

The Indonesian government is trying to cope with a serious power shortage in Java due to delays in a a large-scale private electric power project.