KOTA KINABALU — The Nationwide Vitality Transition Roadmap (NETR) particularly the photo voltaic panel challenge beneath Section 1 of the plan can play an necessary function in serving to long-term efforts to fulfill the demand for electrical energy provide in Sabah.
Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Ruslan Muharam stated the profit may be seen by way of the capability and function performed by the Kudat photo voltaic farm working since 2018 which is able to producing 50 megawatts (MW) for electrical energy provide within the state.
He stated the Federal Authorities’s focus by way of NETR to extend using photo voltaic panels for electrical energy era is the fitting step in Sabah’s efforts to fulfill the provision demand and additional overcome the issue of electrical energy disruption within the state.
“Subsequently by way of NETR, I hope that this large-scale photo voltaic farm challenge will likely be expanded additional, I as soon as recommended {that a} large-scale photo voltaic farm challenge be applied within the Beaufort space and I’m positive that the world is appropriate.
“The federal government could possibly implement the photo voltaic challenge in different appropriate areas as a result of it could assist the federal government resolve electrical energy provide issues in Sabah, particularly within the inside areas that don’t have such services,” he instructed Bernama after officiating RTM’s ‘Debaran Bintang Kecil’ programme right here just lately.
Sabah is at the moment in a position to generate a complete of 84 MW of electrical energy by way of photo voltaic era, of which 50MW is thru the Kudat photo voltaic farm, and 34MW is Photo voltaic Photovoltaic (Photo voltaic PV) Tasks beneath the Feed-in Tariff scheme involving 796 particular person, business and group installations.
On Could 3, Sabah Electrical energy Sdn Bhd (SESB) stated that the demand for electrical energy provide throughout peak hours for Sabah was round 970 MW, however on April 26, the state recorded the best demand this 12 months at 1,029 MW, subsequently rationing needed to be carried out to make sure the state’s electrical energy grid is secure.
Final Thursday (July 27), Economic system Minister Rafizi Ramli launched NETR Section 1 which performs a task in making clear vitality a related alternative within the nation in addition to opening up extra funding alternatives value RM435 billion to RM1.85 trillion by 2050.
When requested in regards to the pilot photo voltaic panel challenge on home roofs in NETR applied within the residential areas of Elmina and Bandar Bukit Raja, Selangor, totaling 4.5 megawatts for 450 homes, Ruslan stated related initiatives may be applied in Sabah.
“We hope for this to be applied in Sabah as nicely. The folks of Sabah additionally wish to benefit from the services following the electrical energy disruptions that usually happen in Sabah now,” he stated, including that the Sabah authorities is keen to cooperate within the challenge.
He stated the pilot challenge is also useful in offering electrical energy to residents in rural areas in Sabah which is at the moment tough to do due to the constraints confronted in increasing the attain of the electrical energy grid to these areas.
In the meantime, Solarvest Holdings Berhad Davis Group chief govt officer Chong Chun Shiong stated Malaysia’s dedication to attaining its renewable vitality (RE) goal is commendable, and NETR demonstrates a transparent and promising course for the nation’s vitality future.
He stated NETR is the fitting path for the nation to give attention to six vitality transition levers particularly vitality effectivity (EE), RE, hydrogen, bioenergy, inexperienced mobility, and carbon seize, utilisation, and storage (CCUS).
“This displays the federal government’s efforts in collaborating with government-linked firms (GLCs) to take a proactive method in exploring pilot vitality transition mechanisms and taking early dangers within the pursuit of sustainable vitality options,” he stated in a press release to Bernama.
He stated photo voltaic vitality is without doubt one of the most viable RE in Malaysia that would contribute to flagship catalyst initiatives of the Renewable Vitality Zone (RE Zone).
“The Built-in RE Zone and Photo voltaic Park won’t solely induce development within the photo voltaic vitality sector but in addition pave the best way for Third Get together Entry (TPA) coverage and mechanism, selling vitality liberalisation and creating an open and aggressive marketplace for vitality gamers like Solarvest Holdings Berhad (Solarvest).
“An open market will foster better participation and innovation within the RE sector, encouraging impartial energy producers (IPP) to speculate and in the end benefiting shoppers. Moreover, we applaud the choice to scale up the set up of photo voltaic methods in authorities buildings and the event of inexperienced townships,” he added.
Solarvest is a clear vitality professional with a imaginative and prescient to energising a regenerative world, and since its institution in 2012, Solarvest has been advocating for photo voltaic vitality adoption and later launched into a strategic roadmap to supply extra clear vitality options. — BERNAMA
