RM1.5bil jobs for Balingian power plant to be tendered out

Last six packages for Balingian coal fired power plant to be tendered out

KUCHING: Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB), which is seeing rising demand for electricity for its Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE), will call for tenders for the remaining six packages of work for the 600-MW Balingian coal-fired power plant project in the Mukah division.

The plant, which is estimated to cost more than RM3bil overall, will open to international and local companies, among others, the jobs to build a 275kV substation, 275kV overhead transmission lines, the administration and ancillary buildings, operator’s village and an ash pond.