One of Jimah East Power plants now commercially operational

Operational: The first of Jimah East Power’s two coal-fired power plants achieved its commercial operation date at midnight on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s (TNB) first of two units of coal-fired power plants owned and operated by Jimah East Power Sdn Bhd (JEP) successfully achieved its commercial operation date (COD) on Wednesday, adding another 1,000 megawatts (MW) to Peninsular Malaysia’s existing generation capacity of 22,748 MW.In a statement, TNB said JEP is building two 1,000 MW ultra-supercritical (USC) coal-fired power plants in Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan.

This will be TNB’s third and fourth super-efficient coal-fired power plant to date.

It added that the two plants are strategically located and are crucial in reinforcing the security of Peninsular Malaysia’s power supply.