Malaysia's national electricity utility company Tenaga Nasional
Berhad (TNB) said in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday that a Chinese
electric company has won the bidding to construct a power plant in
Malaysia.
China National Electric Equipment Cooperation (CNEEC) will be
contracted to build the electricity-generating plant using coal as
fuel in East Malaysia's Sabal State, said TNB's Senior Vice
President Abdul Razak.
CNEEC has been chosen with its competitive technology,
equipment, pricing and environment protection plans, he said at a
joint press conference held with CNEEC President Zhao Ruolin.
Razak also said that the project will be a good beginning for
the cooperation between TNB and a Chinese energy company.
Malaysia, not rich in coal resources, will import coal from
neighboring Indonesia for the 233 MW power plant which will replace
old ones in Sabah, he added.
Zhao said that CNEEC possesses advanced technologies and
equipment as well as impressive environment protection designs in
the world and it has won more than 100 projects in dozens of
countries worldwide.
The $310-million project in Malaysia this time is the first
cooperation between a Chinese state-owned electric company and TNB,
and CNEEC will do its best to implement the project under the
contract schedule with high quality, Zhao said.
CNEEC will prove, with its engineering operation, that TNB's
choice of CNEEC is right, he added.
The construction of the plant will start in April or June this
year and finish in three or four years, Razak said.
(Xinhua News Agency February 20, 2008)
