SOLAR PV PROJECTS

Costs of any works required for the connection of the Solar PV Installation to the distribution system shall be borne by the Consumer. Each study shall be valid for one year commencing from the date of the Distribution licensee’s approval of the study. For the capacity of not more than 72 kW, there shall be no analysis by the distribution licensee, and the Consumer shall ensure that the exported Power shall be less than the existing capacity of the Distribution Licensee and Consumer’s equipment. Design, calculation, drawings, Installation, testing, and commissioning of the PV installation and the interconnection to the distribution system shall be certified by Energy Laws for electrical works, Registration of Engineers Act 1967, or Architects Act 1967 for the structure of mounting the PV panels. Under the Programme, the credit to the Consumer shall be based on prevailing energy rate in kWh in the gazetted tariff for the Consumer, the net credit shall be allowed to roll over for a 16 maximum of twelve months within the settlement period. Any available energy after the period shall be forfeited. No rollover of credit for any excess energy will be allowed after the ten years as stated in the guidelines.

SOLAR PV PROJECTS

In February 2021, a 116 MWp Coara Solar announced the successful financial closing and commencement of the construction of the Coara Marang Solar farm. The project is developing by Germany ib Vogt GmbH under the third round of large-scale solar.

In October 2020, Solarvest Holdings Bhd commissioned a 13 MW floating Solar plant in Dengkil, Selangor, plant was built on an ex-mining lake for WD Solar Sdn Bhd which is part of the WD Group whose principal activities are in the sand mining and transport sector.

In October 2020, Scatec Solar commission the 47 MW Redsol Solar PV plant in Northwest Malaysia.

In December 2020, Hanwha Energy commissioned a 48 MW Solar Power Plant in Chuping. It signed a Power purchase agreement with Malaysia’s state-run Power supplier TNB in March 2018 as part of the second round of the large-scale solar Project.

In February 2020, BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH commissioned a 39 MWp Solar Park in the state of Pahang, which was later sold to Malaysia’s renewable energy-focused independent Power producer reNIKOLA Sdn Bhd

Conclusion

Apart from the NEM scheme, Malaysia has also introduced the Large-Scale Solar (LSS) competitive bidding program to drive down the cost of energy for the development of large-scale solar photovoltaic plants. The NEM 3.0 program provides an opportunity for more users to install Solar PV systems on the roof of their respective buildings or homes for an electricity bill reduction. Johor pushes for approval of RM1.4billion Solar project in Pengerang with the combined installed capacity of 450 MW. Also, Public Islamic Bank Bhd (PIBB) has taken green energy one step further with its Solar panel financing for residential houses. All these measures showing positive signs for the development of the Solar PV market in the country.