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Petronas awards contract for 1.2 GW coal-fired project in Malaysia

Malaysia's state-owned petroleum corporation, Petronas, has awarded Siemens in a consortium with MMC Engineering Services (MMCES) an order from for the turnkey construction of the Pengerang Co-generation Plant (PCP) in Malaysia. The PCP will be able to produce approximately 1,220 MW of power and up to 1,480 tonnes per hour of steam for the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC), Petronas' mega development in Pengerang, Southern Johor, Malaysia. The order requires Siemens to undertake the turnkey construction of the PCP, which comprises four co-generation units along with a long-term maintenance and services contract. Each unit comes with an H class gas turbine, a waste-heat recovery steam generator, a steam turbine, associated mechanical and electrical systems and the instrumentation and control system. PCP's first co-generation unit is expected to go online by mid-2017, and it will also supply power to the National Grid for public consumption. The remaining co-generation units will supply to PIC's facilities.