GE-Tenaga gas turbine deal

GE-Tenaga gas turbine deal

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): General Electric (GE) of the United States signed a partnership agreement yesterday with Malaysia's electricity supplied Tenaga Nasional to maintain gas turbines built by the American power supplies giant.

GE signed two agreements with Tenaga to transfer gas turbine technology to the Malaysian company and jointly run a workshop to service gas turbines in Malaysia's central Selangor state.

GE will provide Tenaga with engineering services and training, both in Malaysia and in the U.S., officials said, with a GE resident engineer stationed in the service center.

The two companies had last week announced a US$250-million contract for GE to supply two 500 Megawatt steam turbine generators and auxiliary equipment to Tenaga's plant in Selangor, scheduled to begin operations in 1998.

With the technology transfer, "Malaysia will have the skills and expertise to undertake sophisticated gas turbine repair leading to the best service programs" Don Kusza, president of GE Power Systems (South Asia Pacific), said.

Malaysia currently has 55 gas turbines either installed or on order from GE.