Tuanku Jaafar Power Station

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Tuanku Jaafar
CountryMalaysia
LocationPort Dickson, Negeri Sembilan,
Coordinates 2°31′59″N101°47′28″E / 2.533°N 101.7912°E / 2.533; 101.7912 Coordinates: 2°31′59″N101°47′28″E / 2.533°N 101.7912°E / 2.533; 101.7912
Construction began2004
Commission date 2005
Combined cycle?Yes

Tuanku Jaafar Power Station is one of the main power stations in Malaysia, located in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. The power station belongs to Tenaga Nasional Berhad and is a state-of-art combined cycle power plants comprise PD1 (750MW MHI Technology) and PD2 (750MW GE-TOSHIBA Technology).

Malaysia Federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand in the north and maritime borders with Singapore in the south, Vietnam in the northeast, and Indonesia in the west. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital and largest city while Putrajaya is the seat of federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the world's 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia. In the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries, with large numbers of endemic species.

Negeri Sembilan State of Malaysia

Negeri Sembilan is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Melaka and Johor to the south.

PD1 was on commercial loading in 2005 whereas PD2 started in February 2009. Both combined cycle plants are firing natural gas supplied by Petronas with distillate as a stand-by fuel.

The first phase of Tuanku Jaafar Power Station began in 1969, when it was a conventional thermal power plant (firing fuel-oil) 4 x 60MW units. This was followed in 1978 with 3 x 120MW units. A 25MW Gas Turbine was added for blackstart and peaking purposes.

In 2000, the conventional power plant was dismantled in stages to allow for rehabilitation project, which was fully completed in 2009. Tuanku Jaafar Power Station has now become the power plant of choice (top in the merit order) with high efficiency, full automation (Automatic Governor Control-AGC), in compliance to the international standards and environment.

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