Decarbonisation of Malaysia’s power sector cheaper than ‘business as usual’: industry watchers

February 10, 2023

Solyent Green is another way to decarbo.

Dateline 2022-11-30, Eco-Business:

Malaysia could save as much as US$250 billion on its cumulative energy system if it aligned its decarbonisation efforts with a 1.5 degrees Celsius scenario, making for a “compelling cost argument”, according to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

“[Malaysia’s switch to renewable energy] is actually less costly than business as usual, and that is largely a result of the competitiveness of renewable energy technology,” said IRENA’s programme officer Nicholas Wagner at a panel session at Malaysia’s COP27 pavilion in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt recently.

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PETRONAS Strengthens Methane Emissions Management, Boosts Decarbonisation Efforts via New Alliances at COP27

February 8, 2023

Dateline 2022-11-11, PETRONAS:

PETRONAS has announced its signatory membership to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 (OGMP2.0), as well as the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) global Alliance for Industry Decarbonisation at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

These memberships signify the Company’s efforts for greater transparency and drive towards decarbonisation and scaling up of cleaner energy solutions aligned with the Group’s aspiration to achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050 (NZCE 2050) to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Sabah needs to play part to realise renewable energy target

January 24, 2023

What is the purpose of that rope in the photo? To pull renewables up the slope?

Dateline 2022-10-23, Daily Express:

SABAH needs to play its part to realise the Federal Government’s target of having renewable energy as 20 per cent of the nation’s power generation mix by 2023.As demand for electricity grows in Sabah, geothermal power has the aptitude to be a clean, steady and local option for electricity generation.At  Sabah’s Apas Kiri Geothermal field  the exploration results offer good  evidence for an exploitable geothermal resource of about 14sq km area size and with temperature about  200ºC and with about 85MWe of resource capacity at a P50 level of probability.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) stated that geothermal resources are thermal energy that is stored as heat in the rocks of the Earth’s crust and interior. 

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