Jimah Power Plant
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.jpg) 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). | |
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| Official name | Jimah East Coal-Fired Power Plant or Stesen Janakuasa Tuanku Muhriz |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Location | Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan |
| Coordinates | 2°35′32″N 101°43′28″E / 2.592164°N 101.724554°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 2019 |
| Owners | Tenaga Nasional Berhed (TNB, 70%), Mitsui (15%) and Chugoku Electric Power Company (15%) |
| Operator | Jimah East Power (JEP) |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 |
| 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.
History
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- On the early morning of 2 February 2017, during the construction phase, a transformer in Unit 1 at the plant’s switchyard burst and caught fire. No casualty reported.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "TNB now owns 1MDB's stake in Jimah East power plant". The Edge Malaysia. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Malaysia's Tenaga Nasional mulls buying 1MDB power project". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Japan's Chugoku Electric to pay US$84.3m for stake in Jimah East Power". The Star. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "TNB: Jimah East's first power plant starts commercial operations". The Edge Malaysia. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Times, New Straits (2019-12-30). "TNB'S Jimah East power plant fully operational | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Jimah East Coal-Fired Power Plant". NS Energy. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Negeri Sembilan Government Official Portal - Tuanku Muhriz Power Station". www.ns.gov.my. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Bernama (2017-02-04). "Edra's Jimah power plant fire promptly put out". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
Further reading
[edit]- Ashraf Asmuni, Iman; Kumar Venkiteswaran, Vinod; Ahmed Abdulrahman Alkaff, Saqaff (2019). "A Study to Retrofit Parabolic Trough Collector on Jimah Coal-Fired Power Plant". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 268: 012148. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/268/1/012148.