Friday, December 17, 2010

TNB awards RM1b jobs for hydropower project

The job packages involve the construction of two dams, installation of two hydro turbines and generators in an underground 250 megawatts power station.
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) yesterday awarded more than RM1 billion worth of packaged jobs to build the Hulu Terengganu Hydropower on Sungai Terengganu, upstream of Kenyir Lake.

The job packages involve the construction of two dams, installation of two hydro turbines and generators in an underground 250 megawatts (MW) power station.

In its filing to the stock exchange yesterday, TNB said the hydropower project will take five years to complete. Payment will be made progressively and by October 2015, the plant is expected to start producing electricity.

Loh & Loh Construction Sdn Bhd and Sinohydro Corp Ltd joint-venture were awarded RM828.3 million contract to build two dams, a water transfer tunnel and an underground power house.

The Consortium of Alstom Projects India Ltd and Alstom Hydro Malaysia Sdn Bhd were awarded separate contracts worth e27.5 million (RM114 million) and RM127.6 million to design, make, erect, test and commission two generators, each capable of generating 125MW.

The remaining job package, split into C$17.3 million (RM54 million) and RM35.9 million contracts, goes to SNC-Lavalin Inc, SNC-Lavalin Power (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, KTA Tenaga Sdn Bhd and G&P Professionals Sdn Bhd to provide detailed engineering design for the main civil works, engineering design review for the electrical and mechanical works, project management and site supervision.

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