Jimah Power Plant

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Jimah Power Plant
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An aerial view of the Jimah East Coal-Fired Power Plant captured from an Air Asia AK90 flight during its landing approach at KLIA Terminal 2 (June 2024).
Jimah Power Plant
Official nameJimah East Coal-Fired Power Plant or Stesen Janakuasa Tuanku Muhriz
Country Malaysia
Location Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan
Coordinates 2°35′32″N101°43′28″E / 2.592164°N 101.724554°E / 2.592164; 101.724554
StatusOperational
Commission date 2019
Owners Tenaga Nasional Berhed (TNB, 70%), Mitsui (15%) and Chugoku Electric Power Company (15%)
OperatorJimah East Power (JEP)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Units operational2
Nameplate capacity 2000 MW

Jimah Power Plant (also known as Jimah East Coal-Fired Power Plant or Stesen Janakuasa Tuanku Muhriz) is a 2GW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power station situated in Port Dickson District, Malaysia.

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History

In February 2014, Suruhanjaya Tenaga awarded the 2GW thermal power project to a joint venture between 1Malaysia Development Berhad and Mitsui. In July 2015, Tenaga Nasional acquired a 70% stake from 1MDB, [1] [2] and in January 2016, Mitsui sold a 15% stake to Chugoku Electric Power Company. [3] Construction began in 2015, with the first unit of the Jimah East power plant starting operations in August 2019, [4] and the second in December 2019. [5]

Operations

The power station consists of two 1,000MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired units, each with a once-through boiler and a 3000rpm steam turbine operating at 603°C and 270 bar. The units feature water-cooled stator, hydrogen-cooled rotor generators, a 160m-high chimney with 9.1m internal diameter, and on-site ash storage facilities. Emissions control includes seawater flue-gas desulfurization and electrostatic precipitators. [6] Also, the station has a coal loading jetty for large capesize bulk carriers. [7]

Accidents

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References

  1. "TNB now owns 1MDB's stake in Jimah East power plant". The Edge Malaysia. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  2. "Malaysia's Tenaga Nasional mulls buying 1MDB power project". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  3. "Japan's Chugoku Electric to pay US$84.3m for stake in Jimah East Power". The Star. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
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