KUALA LUMPUR: Pestech International Bhd has secured a RM134mil contract from Tenaga Nasional Bhd to build the backbone main intake substation in Yong Peng East, Johor.
It said on Friday its unit Pestech Sdn Bhd had received the letter of acceptance from Tenaga for the projects involving the construction of the 500/275kV Yong Peng East (2x1050 MVA) backbone main intake substation.
“The project shall become effective on the date of the letter of award (that is Sept 23, 2015) and is to be completed within 1,085 days.
“The project will enable the national grid 500kV backbone connectivity from Yong Peng East, Johor to Lenggeng in Negeri Sembilan and further access to Ayer Tawar in Perak. When ready, the project will form the transmission line infrastructure for the peninsular power grid system,” it said.
Pestech said in the long run, the 500kV transmission lines will be the backbone for transmission system for inter-regional power transfer and possible interconnection with other systems.
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