KUCHING, Nov 22: The Sarawak government is targeting to install up to 300 megawatts (MW) of large scale solar (LSS) generation panels by 2030.
Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Sustainability Datuk Dr Hazland Abang Hipni emphasised that this is one of the catalytic initiatives identified under Post-Covid Development Strategy (PCDS) 2030 that aims to expand the renewable energy sector including solar energy.
“The government is also promoting private sector participation in renewable energy projects with the objective to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) and global leading companies to Sarawak,” he told the august House today.
Dr Hazland was responding to a question from Tupong assemblyman Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman regarding Sarawak’s plan to develop the solar energy initiatives to contribute to the overall Malaysia grid power generation mix.
Additionally, he explained that Sarawak Energy is developing a pilot 50MW floating solar project on the Batang Ai reservoir.
“The project is currently under implementation and is expected to be commissioned in 2024.
“This project is developed and shall be operated as an Independent Power Producer (IPP), with Sarawak Energy partnering an international conglomerate in the IPP,” he added.
Dr Hazland pointed out that the Sarawak government has also introduced a Net Energy Metering (NEM) scheme where excess energy generated from the consumer’s solar PV can be exported back to the grid and this excess energy will be credited to the NEM user’s electricity bill. — DayakDaily
