US-based General Electric (GE) signed a sales agreement yesterday to supply parts to the new 135-megawatt coal-fired plant in Preah Sihanouk province that is being constructed by a subsidiary of Toshiba. The agreement allow GE to supply the boiler, electrostatic precipitator and steam turbine generation systems for Toshiba Plant Systems and Service Corporation. According to an executive from GE’s Steam Power Systems arm, the deal is the first for the company in Cambodia and is part of its expansion across the region. The 135Mw plant—the Kingdom’s third—is owned by Malaysia’s Cambodian Energy II Co Ltd (CEL2) and is expected to come online in late 2019. (Source: Phnom Penh Post)