At 13:56 on April 16, 2017, the HEI-contracted Indonesian Banten 670MW Supercritical Thermal Power Project passed its 720-hour (30-day) reliability test in one go. Units operated steadily, under 100% automatic control and under load in strict accordance with power grid dispatching instructions, the average load rate up to 89.5% and both the main unit and the auxiliary unit are in sound operation.

The Banten Project was an investment of the Genting Malaysia Berhad and China State Development & Investment Corp. and is located in Banten—a northwestern province in Java, Indonesia, about 110 km away from Djakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The project officially commenced on December 10, 2013. HEI act as the EPC Contractor and HE (HEI’s parent company) were responsible for the manufacturing and supply of primary equipment (boilers, steam turbines and generators), with most of the auxiliary equipment also manufactured by other Chinese enterprises. The major construction subcontractors included China Communications Construction Company Ltd., China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited and State Grid Corporation, all of which were central SOEs. The project was put into commercial operation (COD) on March 28, 2017, thus making it the first plant to achieve COD in the Indonesian government’s 35,000 MW five-year (2015-2019) power plan, it is also the only IPP project in said plan.

The Banten Project’s passing its continuous reliability test fully proves that power generation equipment manufacturing by HE is of high quality and reliable performance, thus highlighting the strength of “Made in China” and “Built by China” and making the HEI brand more reputable in the global power market.