Sembcorp's new Banyan facility on Jurong Island starts operations

MARKING an expansion of its utilities reach on Jurong Island, Sembcorp Industries' new $154 million multi-utilities centre at Banyan sector has started supplying steam, water and on-site logistics services to petrochemical plants there, the company said yesterday.

Banyan is also where it is building a new 400-megawatt, gas-fired cogeneration plant, which is expected to be operational in mid-2014. Costing some $600 million, it will bring the group's total investment on the …