Kapar power plant

Kapar power plant
location
Malaysia
Coordinates	3 ° 7 ′ 1 ″  N , 101 ° 19 ′ 16 ″  E Coordinates: 3 ° 7 ′ 1 ″  N , 101 ° 19 ′ 16 ″  E
country	Malaysia
Waters	Strait of Malacca (cooling with sea water)
Data
Type	Thermal power plant
Primary energy	Fossil energy
fuel	Coal , oil, natural gas
power	2420 MW
owner	Kapar Energy Ventures (KEV)
operator	KEV
Start of operations	1985
was standing	=

The Kapar power plant (or Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz power plant ) is a coal-fired power plant in the state of Selangor , Malaysia , which is located on the Strait of Malacca . It was named after Salahuddin Abdul Aziz . The city of Klang is about 10 km east of the power plant.

The power plant is owned by Kapar Energy Ventures Sdn. Bhd. (KEV) and is also operated by KEV. KEV is a joint venture between Tenaga Nasional Berhad (60%) and Malakoff Corporation Berhad (40%).

Power plant units

The power plant consists of four systems. The following table gives an overview:

investment	block	Max. Power (MW)	Start of operation	turbine	generator	Steam boiler
1	1	300	1985	MHI	Melco	Riley Mitsui
	2	300	1986	MHI	Melco	Riley Mitsui
2	1	300	1988	MHI	Melco	IHI
	2	300	1989	MHI	Melco	IHI
3	1	500	2000	GE		IHI
	2	500	2000	GE		IHI
4th	1	110	1994	Nuovo pignons	Alstom
	2	110	1994	Nuovo pignons	Alstom

The two steam boilers in plant 1 were originally fired with oil; in the 1990s they were converted to run on natural gas . The steam boilers in systems 2 and 3 can be fired with coal, oil or natural gas. Plant 4 consists of two gas turbines .

See also

• List of power plants in Malaysia

Web links

Commons : Kraftwerk Kapar  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kapar (Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz) Coal Power Plant. Global Energy Observatory, accessed September 8, 2018 . 
2. ^ History. Kapar Energy Ventures (KEV), accessed September 8, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Generating Facility. KEV, accessed on September 8, 2018 .