Tanjung Bin power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-MalaysiaCoal}}Tanjung Bin power station is a 3,244 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Johor, Malaysia.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the Tanjung Bin power station, which is located at the mouth of the Sungai Pulai River in in Johor, Malaysia. The new unit 4 is located on a 65ha site adjacent to the older units, and shares common infrastructure such as coal-handing facilities, power evacuation, sea-water intake and other access facilities.[1]
Background on Plant
The Tanjung Bin power station consist of three 748 MW coal-fired subcritical units that went into operation in 2006 and 2007.[2]
Description of Expansion
Construction on the 1,000 MW coal plant expansion began in 2012.[3] Completion was planned for March 2016, but has been delayed by at least six months, according to sponsor Malakoff in 2014.[4]
In March 2015 Tanjung Bin Energy Sdn Bhd denied reports that the Tanjung Bin Energy Power Plant (T4) project had been delayed six months, and said the plant would commence commercial operations on March 1, 2016 as scheduled.[5]
On March 21, 2016, the new 1,000 MW unit achieved commercial operation. It had been synchronized on October 15, 2015.[1]
Contractor
Tanjung Bin is Alstom's second contract for an ultra-supercritical coal plant in Malaysia, following in the heels in Manjung power station Unit 4.[6] Alstom's boilers are built by Wuhan Boiler Company, located in Wuhan China and owned 51% by Alstom.[7]
Project Details of unit 4 expansion
- Sponsor: Malakoff Bhd
- Parent company: MMC Corporation
- Location: Johor, Malaysia
- Coordinates: 1.334, 103.5422 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Capacity: 1,000 MW (Unit 4)
- Type: Ultra-supercritical[8]
- In service: 2016
- Coal Type: Bituminous and sub-bituminous
- Coal Source: Imported Coal by attached coal port[9]
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Malakoff’s Tanjung Bin Energy Power Plant achieves COD," The Sun Daily, 22 March 2016
- ↑ "Coal-Fired Power Plants in Malaysia," Industcards, accessed Jan 2014.
- ↑ "Malakoff’s Tanjung Bin Expansion on Track for a 3,100MW Final Capacity," Power Insider, Aug 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Tanjung Bin power plant delay a setback to Malakoff’s listing," The Star, 9 September 2014
- ↑ "Malakoff power plant on track for 2016 start," Borneo Post, March 27, 2015
- ↑ "Tanjung Bin, Malaysia Two-pass boiler," Alstom 2015
- ↑ "Manjung 4: An ultra-supercritical first in Southeast Asia," Alstom, accessed September 2015
- ↑ "Tanjung Bin, Malaysia: Ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant," Alstom, July 20, 2015
- ↑ "Tanjung Bin Coal Power Plant Malaysia," GEO, accessed April 2016
