By Shikin Louis
KUCHING, June 12: Premier of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has received a new invitation from a foreign country, this time Hong Kong, to give a talk on the prospect of green energy.
Speaking during United States-Malaysia Clean Tech Forum 2024 held at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) here today, he revealed to the audience about how he has been invited to many parts of the world to share his views on energy transition, particularly hydrogen.
“I was given the opportunity to share my views on hydrogen in Rotterdam. Last month I was in Poland (where) I was invited to give my views on hydrogen in Poland.
“And after that, they invited me also to give views in Bangkok on the Future of Energy for Asia. And Australia is also asking me to give my views in August.
“This morning, I got a letter from Hong Kong inviting me also to give my views on the future of energy,” he revealed.
Abang Johari pointed out that the world now is aware of the importance of clean energy, particularly hydrogen.
“Hydrogen, as you know, is the cleanest energy. For that, about 10 years ago, I started to explore this hydrogen. I had engagement with (some parties) just to know the process of producing hydrogen.
“And upon return, I had a prototype of hydrogen production using Linde technology. About three or four years ago, we started (to embark on hydrogen production),” he explained.
He further disclosed that Sarawak’s progress in hydrogen production has been fruitful as it managed to reduce the power consumption required to generate 1kg of hydrogen from 60 to 38 kilowatt hours (kWh).
“If the consumption of power reduces to 20 or 15 kilowatts, probably there could be 10, then hydrogen will be the fuel to replace or to substitute crude or any fossil fuel-based energy.
“And we can work together with the United States, Japan, Korea. It’s just a matter of trying to identify the right technology to reduce the cost of conversion,” he emphasised. — DayakDaily
