Connaught Bridge Power Station

Connaught Bridge Power Station
Connaught Bridge Power Station
Official name	Klang Power Station
Country	Malaysia
Location	Connaught Bridge, Klang, Selangor
Status	Operational
Commission date	26 March 1953
Operator(s)	Central Electricity Board (CEB) (Lembaga Letrik Pusat (LLP)) (1953-1965) National Electricity Board (NEB) (Lembaga Letrik Negara (LLN)) (1965-1990) Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) (1990-present)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Gas
Secondary fuel	Coal

Connaught Bridge Power Station is a gas turbine and coal-fired power station located near Connaught Bridge in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is one of the oldest power station in the country.

It was opened on 26 March 1953 by the High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya, Sir Gerald Templer.

Capacity

The Station has an installed generation capacity of 895 MW, the third largest of seven sister TNB power plants in the country. The power is produced through a combined-cycle block producing 315 MW, and 4 x GT13E1 open cycle gas turbines of 130 MW each.

As part of the Generation Division of the Tenaga Nasional Group of Malaysia, it shares and operates in support of the parent group’s targets and objectives.

Redevelopment

The Connaught Bridge Power Station is going through at redevelopment project.^[1]

The EPC contract was awarded to Sinohydro Corporation Ltd and Sinohydro Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd Consortium on 2 May 2013 with a contract period of 28 months. After the redevelopment, the plant with capacity of 384.7 MW will commerce operation on 1 September 2015.

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