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On Monday, 28th of April
2014, Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA Malaysia)
announced a reminder for those who are interested to apply for the Feed-in
Approval (FiA) for renewable energy quota for projects located in Sabah and
Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan. SEDA Malaysia is the
implementer of Feed-in Tariff program for Renewable Energy Development in
Malaysia and it has recently set up its Sabah
branch at Likas Square Commercial Centre, Kota Kinabalu to provide additional
support for renewable energy projects in Sabah and Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan. You
can click this link for more information on SEDA Low Energy Office (SEDA LEO)
in Sabah and find out about its green energy features.
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According to the announcement made by
Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA), YB Datuk Seri Panglima
Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkili on 22nd of April 2014, 2 MW of solar
photovoltaic (PV) with capacity up to 12 kW per application will be allocated
for the individuals whereas 5 MW for the non-individuals (with capacity above
425 kW up to 1 MW per application) for projects in Sabah and Wilayah
Persekutuan Labuan. These solar PV quotas are intended for projects that will
achieve commercial operation by the end of this year. There is also a separate
quota allocation of 5 MW solar PV for the community of Peninsular Malaysia,
Sabah and Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan. The limit per application for Community
Solar PV Quota is capped at 200 kW. There are three types of institutions
eligible under the Community Solar PV Quota and they are:
i)
Institutions of public education level such as primary school, secondary school
and missionary or independent schools (non-profit).
ii)
Places of worships (registered with religious authority or local authority
approval such as mosques, churches and temples.
iii)
Registered welfare homes such as orphanages, nursing homes, disable children’s
homes and old folk’s homes.
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| Source: www.seda.gov.my |
SEDA Malaysia would like to remind
that the solar PV quota for the individuals in Sabah and Wilayah Persekutuan
Labuan will be made available from 7 AM until 2 PM on 2nd of May
2014 using the e-FiT online system. The system will immediately pre-allocate
quota upon fulfilment of the online requirements. Commencing 4 PM on 2nd
of May 2014, solar PV individual quota applications for projects in Sabah and
Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan could still be submitted via the e-Fit online
system.
This is a new method called the e-FiT with New Queue System. In this
method of application, the system will go through a new queuing system and
solar PV service providers are required to secure a queue number in the e-FiT
online system on the 19th of May 2014 starting from 10 AM until 5
PM. The quota will be allocated by the queue number assigned to each applicant.
The table in the following page provides a schedule of FiT quota release for
various RE resources and application methodologies for different regions.
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| Source: www.seda.gov.my |
The application Feed-in
Approval by interested local community or industry players in Sabah and Wilayah
Persekutuan Labuan will definitely help to promote sustainable energy and
energy efficiency measures in the country. Malaysia’s Feed-in Tariff system
requires the Distribution Licensees (DLs) such as Tenaga Nasional Berhad and NUR
Distribution Sdn. Bhd. (NUR) and Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd (SESB) to buy from
renewable energy producers the electricity produced by them. As of
2013, 1% surcharge was imposed on all electricity customers and domestic
electricity consumers are obliged to contribute to the surcharge only if their monthly electricity consumption
exceeds 300 kWh or RM 77 a month.
This money is channelled into the Renewable
Energy Fund (KWTBB) and administered by SEDA Malaysia. However, as of January
2014, the surcharge increased to 1.6 % and this increase also affected the consumers in Sabah and Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan as
they are charged with 1.6% of their electricity bills for the first time from
RM69.00 above. Please refer to www.seda.gov.my for more news and information about this
tariff. Thank you everyone for reading, take care and God bless you!
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