Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) will soon publish renewable energy quota for feed-in approval (FiA) applications submitted this month.
Under the Renewable Energy Act 2011, Tenaga Nasional Bhd is obliged to buy renewable power produced by licensed players at special rates. The rates are known as feed-in tariff, and referred to the idea of producers selling their energy to the power grid.
According to sources, Seda will publish the list of renewable power quota by the end of this month. It will list out the successful FiA applications, including details such as owner of the project, location as well as size.
However, sources said the list would not reveal the names of successful individual solar photovoltaic feed-in approval holder (FiAH) in order to protect their privacy. The authority body would, however, publish the details and location of the solar photovoltaic projects.
Photovoltaic, or solar cells, convert sunlight directly into electricity. Solar panels used to power homes and businesses are typically made from solar cells combined into modules that hold about 40 cells.
Industry players said Seda should publish such information for transparency and fairness in the feed-in tariff system.
“Yes, if there is nothing to hide and this promotes transparency, then Seda should publish those information. This allows public to know how much money has been collected and actually used for renewable energy,” an industry player said.
Seda saw a flurry of applications for feed-in tariff when the e-FiT online system started on Dec 1.
The quota for producing solar photovoltaic for non-individual applicants (including corporations) has been taken up for the next three years. For individual applicants, another 4.8MW was available as of yesterday afternoon.
According to Seda’s renewable energy capacity map, a total of eight small hydro projects (six in Peninsular Malaysia and two in Sabah) under feed-in tariff have been approved.
The FiAH for small hydro projects are Pesaka Technologies Sdn Bhdwith installed capacity of 12MW, Zeqna Corp Sdn Bhd (6MW), Sumber Sejahtera Sdn Bhd (10MW), Renewable Power Sdn Bhd (2MW), AmCorp Perting Hydro Sdn Bhd (4MW), C Two Energy Sdn Bhd (2.3MW) and Esajadi Power Sdn Bhd (4.5MW and 2MW) in Sabah.
The authority has also given approval for one biomass renewable energy project each to Kina Biopower Sdn Bhd (11.5MW) and TSH Bio-Energy Sdn Bhd (14MW). Both projects are located in Sabah.
Separately, Seda has given five approvals for biogass from landfill or sewage. All five projects are located in Peninsular Malaysia. The project owners are Kub-Berjaya Energy Sdn Bhd with installed capacity of 3.2MW, Jana Landfill Sdn Bhd (1MW and 1.9572MW), Cypark Suria (Pajam) Sdn Bhd (1MW) and Gaya Dunia Sdn Bhd (0.5MW).
Jana Landfill is a unit of TNB while Cypark Suria is a subsidiary of Cypark Resources Bhd.
Last week, Cypark Resources said it expected to generate annual revenue of up to RM17mil from the sale of renewable energy upon full commencement of its renewable energy park.
