SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
THE RM6 billion ultra-supercritical Manjung 4 Power Plant will play a prominent role in meeting Malaysia’s electricity demand that is expected to double by 2040.
THE Manjung 4 power plant, the most efficient coal-based power plant in Southeast Asia, is set to play a prominent role in meeting Malaysia’s energy demand expected to double between 2015 and 2040.
The RM6 billion ultra-supercritical (USC) coal-fired power plant can generate about 1,000MW and power up nearly two million households.
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) Janamanjung managing director Datuk Shamsul Ahmad said the plant currently supplied about 24 per cent of energy demand in the peninsula, and would potentially reduce local carbon intensity by 33 per cent.
“The world, especially Malaysia, requires accessible, reliable and sustainable energy. We are proud to have the first USC and largest coal-fired power plant in Southeast Asia.
“Manjung 4 was built in just four years and began commercial operations on April 14 2015. Using the USC combustion technology, the plant can generate electricity with lower emissions as it is 10 percentage points more efficient than the global average coal-fired power plants.
“Each additional percentage point in efficiency reduces carbon dioxide emissions by two per cent and additional efficiency also lowers plant’s operating overall lifecycle costs,” Shamsul said at a first briefing to local and international media, here, recently.
General Electric Co (GE) was the Engineering Procurement and Commissioning (EPC) contractor together with its consortium partner CMC Engineering.
During operations, Manjung 4 had met or exceeded original performance commitments to deliver more value to TNB with its extremely high availability, particularly during the second year of operations. It achieved 94.5 per cent availability in the first two years.
“With more efficient power generation by elevating the efficiency of the plant to 40 per cent and reducing coal usage by about three per cent, the electricity generating cost is minimised and remains friendly to the environment and communities,” added Shamsul.
Manjung 4 had benefited from minimised unplanned downtime with an unplanned outage rate of only 2.4 per cent as of August last year, compared with the world standard of four per cent.
“We are aware of the need to sustain the environment we are in and will do our best to safeguard it. The USC technology enables Manjung 4 to convert energy more efficiently by burning less coal for more power, while complying with emission standards,” he added.