Tuanku Jaafar Power Station

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Tuanku Jaafar
Country	Malaysia
Location	Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan,
Coordinates	2°31′59″N 101°47′28″E / 2.533°N 101.7912°E / 2.533; 101.7912
Construction began	2004
Combined cycle?	Yes
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	1,411 MW
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Tuanku Jaafar Power Station is one of the main

and is a state-of-art combined cycle power plants comprise PD1 (750MW MHI Technology) and PD2 (750MW GE-TOSHIBA Technology).

PD1 was on commercial loading in 2005 whereas PD2 started in February 2009. Both combined cycle plants are firing natural gas supplied by Petronas with distillate as a stand-by fuel.

The first phase of Tuanku Jaafar Power Station began in 1969, when it was a conventional thermal power plant (firing fuel-oil) 4 x 60MW units. This was followed in 1978 with 3 x 120MW units. A 25MW Gas Turbine was added for blackstart and peaking purposes.

In 2000, the conventional power plant was dismantled in stages to allow for rehabilitation project, which was fully completed in 2009. Tuanku Jaafar Power Station has now become the power plant of choice (top in the merit order) with high efficiency, full automation (Automatic Governor Control-AGC), in compliance to the international standards and environment.

See also

• List of power stations in Malaysia