TNB takes over Project 3B

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has taken from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) the mandate to build the 2,000MW coal fired power plant that has been delayed.

According to sources, engineers from Toshiba Corp, IHI Corp and the Hyundai Group – the consortium that won the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the project - were already at the headquarters of TNB as part of the latter’s assessment of the project.