Wärtsilä wins 128 MW power contract at Grasberg

The technology group Wärtsilä has received contracts from PT Freeport Indonesia for a 128 MW power plant to supply electricity to the Grasberg mine. The plant will be located at Amamapare, PT Freeport Indonesia’s port site in Papua. From here, the electricity will be fed to the Grasberg mine through a 100 km long transmission line. The new plant will facilitate the extension of operations from openpit to underground mining at Grasberg, which is in the remote highlands of the Sudirman mountain range in the province of Papua, western half of the island of New Guinea.