Sarawak Energy expands in in-house HSAP and HESG assessors

September 1, 2021

Dateline 2021-08-09, Water Power (like Nitendo Power, but betterer)

Sarawak Energy has reinforced its commitment towards sustainable hydropower development and management by expanding its pool of internationally trained in-house Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP)/Hydropower Environmental, Social and Governance (HESG) assessors accredited by International Hydropower Association (IHA). 

The all-Sarawakian team now includes 11 IHA Provisional Accredited Assessors and 18 IHA Certified Users who will be responsible for assessing and improving the sustainability performance of Sarawak Energy’s hydropower projects and plants. The Provisional Accredited Assessors (PAAs) will also be involved in sustainability assessments for international projects undertaken by other developers under the supervision of an International Hydropower Association (IHA) Lead Assessor. To date, two of the PAAs have been involved in an official HSAP/HESG assessment for a hydropower plant in operation in Indonesia.

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Saving through sunlight

July 5, 2021

Do your maths first.

Dateline ??, The Star:

RETIRED pharmacist Chacko Paul is among an increasing number of people who has opted for solar energy to cut down on electricity consumption while doing his part for the environment.

“Our homes can be powered with solar energy, ” he said, highlighting that it would cut down on high utility bills.

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Will the new EV policy score an own goal again?

June 30, 2021

Dateline 2021-05-24, FMT:

Fortunately, the new national automotive policy is still in the draft stage. But after losing the pace of investment for the past 20 years, it looks like there will be more of the same as government custodians appointed to grow the automotive industry try desperately to fix the problem but will fail because they don’t recognise the issue.

First, the central issue about investment flight to Thailand and more recently to Indonesia is that the Europeans and Japanese automotive investors have a choice.

And they don’t particularly fancy having to share their plans, strategies and intellectual properties with a civil service officer in order to apply for customised incentives as proposed in the draft of the new automotive policy.

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Of sustainability within O&G

June 17, 2021

Dateline 2021-05-08, Borneo Post

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THOSE in the energy sector, specifically in oil and gas (O&G), are given the extra scrutiny when it comes to ESG practice.

Despite the current downturn and uncertainty brought on by Covid-19, oil and gas companies continue to make progress toward a lower-carbon future, in line with the broader energy transition taking place across the entire energy, resources, and industrials sector.

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Let’s look to battery farms for green energy

May 19, 2021

Dateline 2021-04-15, FMT:

“Renewable energy is the future!”

Permutations of this catchphrase have been pronounced by prophets aplenty but more than a decade into the so-called “renewable energy revolution”, we are yet to see many countries, including Malaysia, switching to a predominantly renewable energy-based economy.

It’s easy to point fingers and say governments are ineffective or large corporations prefer to plunder our natural resources but those arguments very often are straw men that distract us from the real issue at hand – the intermittency problem of renewable energy solutions.

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Don’t goad Malaysia to set too high a target for renewable energy: Minister

May 12, 2021

Dateline 2021-04-06, The Star:

Industry players should not urge Malaysia to set too high a target for renewable energy (RE) without thinking about the cost of electricity supply that consumers have to bear, said Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah.

In planning the country’s electricity supply, he said the government had taken the approach to balance the three elements in the energy trilemma – guarantee of energy supply, affordability and sustainability.

He said the government had set a RE target of 31 per cent of the generation capacity for 2025, hence, the electricity sector is expected to reduce the intensity of carbon emissions by 45 per cent for the period.

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Cover Story: Malaysia still needs to incentivise solar adoption

May 3, 2021

Dateline 2021-04-01, The Edge:

THERE was a rush to install solar panels on commercial premises last year, as rumours started circulating that the government would no longer provide one-on-one credit for the Net Energy Metering (NEM) programme.

According to Steven Chiew, the founder of Next Energy, the rush for the rooftop segment at the end of last year was because the quota for NEM2.0 had almost been taken up. A lot of businesses wanted take advantage of the one-on-one credit benefit as it has been proven to reduce electricity cost.

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B20 biodiesel mandate in Malaysia expected to absorb one million tonnes of CPO, says industry expert

April 2, 2021

Gosh darn it, when is this B20 mandate arriving, it been delayed a number of times? And are diesel vehicle warranties going tits up?

Dateline 2021-03-23, The Edge:

The B20 biodiesel mandate in Malaysia is expected to utilise over one million tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO), said Malaysian Biodiesel Association (MBA) president UR Unnithan.

The implementation of the mandate to roll out B20 — biofuel with a 20% CPO component — for the transport sector has been delayed to December 2021 in Peninsular Malaysia.

It has already been implemented in Sarawak since September 2020 and is scheduled to be rolled out in Sabah in June 2021.

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MB: Johor govt to lobby Putrajaya over in-limbo RM1.4b Pengerang solar project

March 29, 2021

I guess Tuanku is really pissed off:

Dateline 2021-03-018, Malay Mail:

The Johor government will push for federal government approval for the proposed RM1.4 billion Sultan Ibrahim Solar Park in Pengerang as it is seen as beneficial to the state.

Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad said the state government will likely request for a special allocation for Johor to develop the solar park.

“We will propose to the Energy Commission of Malaysia as soon as possible for Johor to be given a special allocation quota.

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Net Energy Metering 3.0: New Rooftop Solar Initiatives

March 22, 2021

Dateline 2021-03-03, Lexology:

On 30 December 2020, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (‘KETSA’) announced the introduction of the Net Energy Metering 3.0 programme (‘NEM 3.0’). This announcement is pursuant to the 500MW quota under the previous Net Energy Metering programme (‘NEM 2.0’) being fully taken up as of 27 November 2020. NEM 3.0 introduces three new initiatives which are considered below.

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