A consortium led by Japan’s IHI Corp has been awarded a contract for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 2-gigawatt (GW) coal-fired power plant in Malaysia, the heavy equipment manufacturer said on Tuesday. The contract to build the ultra super-critical plant - so-called for the high temperatures and pressures at which it operates - has been awarded on a full turn-key basis. It is to be built for Jimah East Power Sdn Bhd and partners 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and Mitsui & Co Ltd, in the state of Negeri Sembilan, IHI said in a statement. An IHI spokesman declined to comment on the value of the deal. Japanese firms have been exporting highly-efficient coal-fired plants to India, Vietnam and other emerging economies as part of the government’s goal to triple infrastructure system exports to around 30 trillion yen ($286 billion) in 2020. Backed by strong economic growth, Malaysia’s power demand is expected to rise about 3 percent annually on average through 2020, IHI said. The 1-GW No.1 unit is scheduled to start commercial operations in 2018, followed by the 1-GW No.2 unit in 2019, IHI said. The power supplies will be sold to Malaysian state utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad. IHI will supply boilers, Toshiba Corp will supply steam turbines and generators, while Hyundai Engineering Co and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co will also take part in supply and installation work, IHI said.