MAN Energy Supplies Large-Scale Engine Order for Asian Power Plants

MAN Energy Solutions will deliver 16 20V35/44G gas engines with a 172-MW total capacity for two power plants in Indonesia and one in East Malaysia, located on the island of Borneo. Both Indonesian power plants will operate with low-emission natural gas and generate electricity for the national grid.

Five gas engines, with a 52-MW total capacity, will be deployed as generator sets (gensets) at a newly constructed power plant in Batam, Indonesia. The city is located on an island across from Singapore and contains 1.2 million residents—it is an upcoming industrial and commercial hub in Southeast Asia. Four additional 20V35/44G TS gensets, equipped with two-stage turbocharging and 50-MW total capacity, will be installed at a power plant in Cikarang—a suburb of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.

“We have been contributing to Indonesia’s power supply with our engines for many years and have already commissioned nine power plants on various Indonesian islands,” said Martin Chmiela, Regional Sales Head, Power in the Asia-Pacific, MAN Energy Solutions. “These two new power plants will be fueled by low-emission natural gas and our proven 35/44G engines are ideally suited for reliable and efficient gas operation in a hot climate with high humidity due to their robust design.”

20V35/44G gas engine; Image Credits: MAN Energy Solutions

Seven gas engines with a 70-MW total capacity will drive a decentralized power plant in Sipitang, East Malaysia. The power plant will use natural gas and supply electricity to a nearshore, under construction floating LNG (FLNG) terminal that will enter commercial operation by 2027.

“In the decentralized energy supply of industrial plants such as this FLNG terminal, spontaneous load changes and the associated flexibility in the energy supply are among the biggest challenges,” said Chmiela. “Our 35/44G gas engines are the right choice for this task. Thanks to their low reaction time, the engines reach full load in less than three minutes and can cope with rapid load changes without any problems.”

MAN Energy Engine News

At the end of July, MAN PrimeServ announced that it will offer—in 2025—a retrofit package to convert deployed MAN four-stroke engines to dual-fuel methanol operation. Customers will convert their MAN 48/60 engines to the latest 51/60R-DF-M engine type with methanol capability, with or without a common-rail system. In addition to dual-fuel methanol operation, customers will benefit from higher engine efficiency during diesel operation. The engines will be equipped with MAN Energy’s control and safety systems.

According to MAN Energy Solutions, the conversion package has been under development and tested at its Augsburg plant since summer 2024. MAN PrimeServ will perform the first four-stroke engine retrofits for a pilot customer in fall 2025, with the package coming to market shortly after.

In August 2024, New Times Shipbuilding Co. ordered 12 8G95ME-GI (gas injection) main engines from MAN Energy Solutions. These engines will be installed on 12 under-construction container vessels, rated at 18,000 teu, for Eastern Pacific Shipping Co. in Singapore.

MAN Energy’s ME-GI engine is a two-stroke propulsion model used in RoRo vessels, pure car and truck carriers, container vessels, bulk carriers, tankers, and LNG carriers. The engine offers ship owners, charterers, and operators with environmentally friendly, high efficiency operation, without the methane-slip emissions of traditional engines.