KUALA LUMPUR: Langkawi’s electric system, now fully automated, will be further enhanced through the installation of a 26.5km submarine cable that will deliver energy from the National Grid to the resort island.
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) chief grid officer Datuk Ir Husaini Husin said the effort to expand the 132 kilovolt (kV) submarine cable is part of TNB’s capital expenditure to strengthen the country’s electricity infrastructure.
“The work to lay the submarine cable connecting the Kuala Perlis Transmission Main Intake with the Teluk Apau PMU in Pulau Langkawi began last October, and is expected to be completed by year end,” he said in a statement today.
The project will help Pulau Langkawi in its preparation to accommodate about four million tourists in conjunction with Visit Malaysia 2020, and be one of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference 2020 meeting venues.
“The project will enhance the reliability, quality, stability and efficiency of the electricity supply to Pulau Langkawi, which is currently receiving supply from the National Grid through two other existing submarine cables,” said Husaini.
The new submarine cable uses the latest technology – cross-linked polyethylene – as opposed to the oil-filled cable used previously, he added. – Bernama
