MUKAH: Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem today launch the construction of the first grid-connected renewable energy biomass power plant in the state.
Developed under a smart partnership between main developer Olive Energy Sdn Bhd (Olive Energy) together with Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) and Rinwood Pelita Plantation, the Mukah Biomass Power Plant will convert palm oil waste into 12 megawatts of electricity.
"Apart from preserving the air quality by helping to reduce carbon emissions, the project will help to raise our credential in the international arena.
"The initiative will help to create a platform for the Malaysia Palm Oil Industry to counter lobbyists who have painted such a bleak and produced unbalanced report on our industry.
"Sarawak is neither blind nor deaf to the importance of developing renewable and sustainable energy," he said during the launching ceremony of the project here today.
Present were State Second Resource Planning and Environment Minister Datuk Awang Tengah Ali Hasan and Olive Energy chief executive officer Sylvester Wong.
Adenan also called upon more firms to emulate the initiatives taken by Olive Energy in helping the state government to produce clean sustainable energy while preserving the environment simultaneously.