By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, April 18: Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg will travel to Poland to participate in forums addressing global climate and renewable energy concerns, once again serving as Malaysia’s flag-bearer for energy transition and climate change initiatives.
According to a press release, the Premier will discuss Sarawak’s perspective and experience with initiatives related to energy transition, renewable energy security, decarbonisation, and environmental sustainability.
“The Premier will depart for Poland via the UK (United Kingdom) tomorrow at the invitation of Marek Wozniak, Marshall of Poland’s Wielkopolska Region, organiser of The Central European Hydrogen Technology Forum and The Central European Decarbonisation Forum scheduled be held in Poznań from April 24 to 25.
“The Premier will speak as a forum panel member in a session called ‘Debate Regions for the Planet’ slotted for 11am to 12 noon local time on April 24,” read the press release.
The Premier will be accompanied by Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, who is also Sarawak Minister for International Trade, Industry, and Investment; Sarawak State Secretary Datuk Amar Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki; and Sarawak Deputy Minister for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Datuk Dr Hazland Abang Hipni.
Furthermore, while on a three-day visit to the UK, Abang Johari and members of his entourage are scheduled to visit the Drax Power plant in Selby, North Yorkshire, which provides 11 per cent of the UK’s renewable power needs through the use of biomass in the form of pellets and has a generating capacity of 3,960 megawatts.
“On the following day, the Premier will witness the signing and exchange of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Sarawak’s SMD Semiconductor and the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult at the House of Commons, UK Parliament in London.
“Through the MOU, Sarawak seeks to forge collaboration with its UK partner to drive innovations that would reshape the capabilities and applications of compound semiconductors that are made from two or more elements as compared to silicon that is made from a single element,” it stated. — DayakDaily
