Powering up the peninsula

NOW that the Energy Commission (ST) has awarded the concession to develop the first block of the 1,000 MW coal-fired power plant to Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), the focus will be on a possible tender for the second block of an almost equal-capacity power plant in Malaysia.

Already, the industry is abuzz with the possibility of a fresh tender for another coal-fired power plant of up to 1,000MW capacity being called by the end of this year.