TNB’s power plant achieves national grid connectivity
KUALA LUMPUR: Unit 1 of Jimah East Power Sdn Bhd’s coalfired power plant in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, successfully achieved its first synchronisation on Dec 10.
Jimah East Power is a 70 per cent subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB).
TNB said the first synchronisation means the generator of Unit 1 had been synchronised to the Malaysian grid system and commenced supplying electricity to it.
“This is a major milestone towards the unit completion,” it said in a statement yesterday.
TNB chairman Tan Sri Leo Moggie said the project, Malaysia’s Fourth Ultra-Super Critical (USC) Coal-Fired Power Plant, would increase TNB’s generation capacity to over 14,000 MW.
He also said the power plant is TNB’s third USC Coal-Fired Power Plant and the other two are Manjung 4 and Manjung 5, both located in Lumut, Perak.
“This milestone is significant as it confirms the project progress at
This is a major milestone towards the unit completion. TNB
97 per cent,” he added.
The RM12 billion plant comprises two units of 1,000 MW USC Coal-Fired Power Plant, with Unit 1 scheduled to start commercial operation in June 2019 and Unit 2 in December 2019.
Meanwhile, Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions director and general manager Takao Konishi said Toshiba is committed to contributing to the realisation of a low carbon economy and a stable power supply in Malaysia, by providing world leading power generation technologies.
USC technology is an efficient coal burning technology with 40 per cent efficiency compared to pulverised coal-firing technology, which has a 36 per cent efficiency.
Power generated from the Jimah East Power facility will be sold to TNB under a 25-year power purchase agreement. — Bernama