Pestech bags RM445mil deal to build power plant in Cambodia

One of Pestech's project Job done: :Construction of high voltage Outdoor Switchyard at Lumut Power Station (LPS) and Underground Cable Links from LPS to the Proposed Burnei Methanol Company Substation.` Year of completion: 2010

PETALING JAYA: Pestech International Bhd’s unit, Pestech (Cambodia) Ltd, has received a contract from Cambodia-based Alex Corp to construct a hydro-electric power plant in Phnom Penh.

The contract, valued at US$100.21mil (RM444.6mil), will enable Pestech to carry out the design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, testing and commissioning of the Stung Tatay Hydro Power Plant (HPP)–Phnom Penh Transmission System Project with a power capacity of 230kV.

“The project will eventually see the commissioning of the 220km 230kV double-circuit transmission line from Stung Tatay HPP to Phnom Penh,” it said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia.

Pestech said it would also supply, install and connect two 230kV line bays at the Stung Tatay HPP switchyard.

The company said the project was expected to commence within three months from the date of the agreement, and was expected to be completed within 36 months from the starting date.