Sime Darby LCP Power Co. Ltd. (SLP)
Sime Darby LCP Power Co. Ltd. (SLP) (formerly Sime LCP Power Co., Ltd.) is a company organised under the laws of Thailand, established in December 2005 to construct, own and operate a combined heat and power generating facility and associated equipments in the Laem Chabang Industrial Estate.
Sime Darby LCP’s power plant project is an independent cogeneration plant aimed to supply reliable and efficient electricity and steam to industrial factories within the estate. The power plant started its construction in October 2006 and commenced commercial operation on 20th February 2009.
The 60MW cogeneration plant has been developed
to augment the generating capacity of the existing
Laem Chabang Power Plant in serving its
Sime Darby LCP power plant achieved its Commercial Operation Date (COD) on 20 February 2009 after 28 months of construction. The construction was undertaken by a consortium of Sime Engineering Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) and Mitsui & Co, Power Systems (Japan) as main equipment suppliers and Thai Jurong Engineering Ltd (Thailand) as civil works contractor. Fuel supply contract has been executed with PTT Public Co. Ltd. in April 2008, supplying gas on a 21-year term via a gas pipeline extension from SPC power plant. Water supply is provided by the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT). IEAT also leases the land for the project. Currently, 11 electrical and 5 steam industrial customers have been connected with a total contracted capacity of 50.4 MW of electricity and 10 tons/hr of low pressure steam.
The Sime Darby LCP power plant project received investment promotion privileges from the Office of the Board of Investment (BOI) receiving among others an eight year 100% plus another 5-years worth of 50% reductions in corporate income tax as well as import duty exemption on promoted machineries. In October 2009 both SLP and Sime Darby O & M Thailand Co., Ltd. have simultaneously achieved ISO 9001:2000, ISO14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certifications demonstrating their commitment to quality in business management, care for the environment and ensuring a safe and healthy workplace for the employees.
Sime Darby Power and Sime Darby LCP power plants are integrated together in such as way as to provide a back-up to each other both for electricity and steam supply, raising the reliability of supply to customers of both plants in the event of disturbances.
Sime Darby LCP power plant consists of one PG 6581 B (Frame 6B) gas turbine, one unfired Notter Erikson heat recovery steam generator, one Siemens steam turbine and auxiliaries necessary to comprise an operational power plant. The maximum electrical output is around 55MW in full condensing mode. The maximum steam production capability is 20 tons/hr in medium and 25 tons/hr in low pressures.
The fuel, natural gas, for the power plant is conveyed via a three-km long 12” underground pipeline, which is connected to the PTT 28” main gas pipeline. There is a metering and pressure reduction station (M/R station) situated inside the SPC power plant premises beside an existing M/R station for SPC.
Back-up power supply is provided by SPC and/or PEA. In the event of a forced outage, back-up power from either SPC or PEA (in case SPC is not available) automatically comes in to serve the industrial customers.
Sime Darby LCP Power Plant Configuration
- 1 Gas Turbine
- 1 Steam Turbine
- 1 Heat Recover Steam Generators (HRSG)
- Wet Cooling Towers
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