A joint venture company created by Mitsui and 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has awarded a consortium of Toshiba, IHI, Hyundai Engineering and Hyundai Engineering & Construction a contract to build a 2000 MW ultra-supercritical power plant in Malaysia.
Under the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, the consortium will supply and install two 1000 MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power units at the Jimah project in Mukim Jimah, Negeri Sembilan, including steam turbines, generators and related equipment.
The Energy Commission of Malaysia awarded the 1MDB-Mitsui joint venture, known as Jimah East Power, the contract to develop, own and operate Jimah after a competitive international bidding process. The first unit is expected to start commercial operation in 2018, and the second in the following year.
Power generated by the plant will be sold to TNB, Malaysia’s national power utility, under a long term power purchase agreement.
