Jacobs Awarded Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant Contract in Malaysia
- Jacobs was selected by Hanwha Energy Corporation to provide owner's engineer services to sustain the style, engineering, procurement, construction, installment, screening and also appointing of a new 100 megawatt rotating current (MWac) solar photovoltaic nuclear power plant in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia.
When complete, the project will certainly be connected to the electrical power transmission system operated by utility carrier Tenaga Nasional. Hanwha Energy Corporation anticipates the project to begin business operation in 2021.
"This project is a great opportunity for us to remain to sustain Malaysia as it expands its renewable energy field in quest of more inexpensive, lasting and cleaner energy to meet the future requirements of its country," stated Jacobs People & Places Solutions Senior Vice President Global Operations Patrick Hill.
The project is one of 5 projects chosen in a national Large-Scale Solar (LSS) 3rd purchase program led by Suruhanjaya Tenaga, Malaysia's Energy Commission. The LSS program intends to branch out Malaysia's power generation mix and enhance the nation's renewable resources from 2% to 20% by 2030.
Jacobs was actively associated with both the first (LSS1) and second (LSS2) stage of the LSS plan, meeting owner's engineer, independent engineer as well as loan provider technical expert duties for various projects procured under the program, including a 49 MWac project in Sungai Siput, Perak under LSS1, and 3 30 MWac projects in Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and also Kedah under LSS2.
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