36 MWe Geothermal Power Plant Being Built on Borneo (New Sabah Times)
A geothermal power plant costing about RM419 million is being built by Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE) at Apas Kiri, Tawau in the far north-east of Borneo island.
TGE Project Director Andrew Amaladoss said that 36 MWe electrical generation is equivalent to 56 million tonnes of carbon equivalent eliminated annually; 13.5 trillion trees planted annually and 45 million cars off the roads annually.
“The plant is expected to be completed in late 2014 and will be Malaysia’s first grid-connected geothermal plant,” he said.
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