Sabah gets additional 95 MW of electricity

Petronas and Yayasan Sabah's joint venture power plant begins full operations.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Petronas Group has achieved another milestone for its integrated oil and gas development in Sabah as its Kimanis Power Plant (KPP), managed by Kimanis Power Sdn Bhd (KPSB), has become fully operational.

KPSB, which is in turn a unit of Petronas Gas Bhd (PGB), achieved the breakthrough with the commencement of the commercial operations for KPP’s third generating block on November 7, following a reliability and capacity testing period.

“The third block is the final block to be commissioned in KPP,” the national oil company said in a statement here Sunday.

Petronas said the third generating block was expected to add an additional 95 MW of electricity to the Sabah grid, in addition to the 190 MW already generated by the first and second blocks, which started operating in May and July this year, respectively.

Besides strengthening the Sabah electricity grid, Petronas said the successful start of the commercial operations was a significant milestone in providing a reliable source of energy towards supporting the state’s economic growth.

Petronas through PGB owns 60 per cent of KPSB while NRG Consortium (Sabah) Sdn Bhd, a unit of Yayasan Sabah owns the remaining 40 per cent.

- BERNAMA