KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Government has made major strides in the deployment of sustainable energy which involves renewable energy (RE), energy efficiency (EE) and addressing climate change, said Ministry of Energy, Green Technology’s Deputy Secretary General (Energy), Datin Badriyah Abd Malek.
Several measures, such as the Malaysian Green Technology Master Plan, the Green Technology Financing Scheme, the Energy Performance Contracting Fund and the Renewable Energy Act 2011 have been introduced.
Among others, she said, with the Net Energy Metering, Large-Scale Solar, Green Sukuk Financing Scheme and Feed-in Tariff (FiT) mechanisms, Malaysia was expected to surpass the RE target by 2020.
Under the target, 2,080 megawatts (MW) of overall installed capacity would be from RE, of which the current installed capacity -- around 500 MW – came from FiT, she said.
"These (2,080MW) can be translated into more than 7.13 million tonnes Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission avoidance,” she said.
She said this in her keynote address at Association of the Electricity Supply Industry of East Asia and Western Pacific CEO Conference 2017 in Penang on Monday hosted by Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB).
Badriyah said the ministry was collaborating with TNB on sustainable energy efforts, including EE, to empower customers on ways to reduce their energy consumption through the Home Energy Report programme.
The report contains detailed information on how their consumption compares to other similar efficient homes, energy efficiency tips, home energy analysis and trending of their consumption pattern.
“Under the Grid-of-the-Future initiatives, the ministry, together with TNB, have set the foundation for a more resilient and efficient grid besides enabling the integration of renewable energy under the Government Green Agenda,” she said.
To-date, Malaysia has reached 22.5 per cent installed capacity from RE. This has paved the way for Malaysia to achieve ASEAN target in 2025 of 23 per cent RE in total primary energy supply. - Bernama