Alstom to build supercritical plant in Malaysia for $1.1B

Alstom as part of a consortium will build a  supercritical coal-fired power plant Malaysia under a $1.10 billion deal.

The total value of the consortium's contract, which includes Malaysian building materials company Mudajaya and construction firm Shin Eversendai, is over US$1.34 billion, according to Alstom.

The so-called supercritical coal-fired plant operates at a higher temperature than regular coal-fired power plants, which improves their efficiency.

The plant, which will be bujilt at Tanjung Bin, is the French energy and transport engineering company's second contract for a supercritical coal-fired unit in Malaysia, following the order to build the Manjung power plant in March 2011.

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