AEON signs SARE with TNB and GSPARX; to install PV solar facilities nationwide

• Under the SARE agreement, GSPARX will construct, operate and maintain the PV solar facilities with a system size of approximately 77,000kWp for 25 years.
• All 40 locations will have the capabilities to produce 99MWh solar energy every year upon completion, offsetting over 70,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): AEON CO (M) Bhd (AEON) have signed a supply agreement for renewable energy (SARE) with Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) and GSPARX Sdn Bhd (GSPARX) for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) facilities. The PV facilities will be installed across all AEON and AEON BiG shopping malls nationwide.

According to a press statement on April 12, AEON deputy managing director Tsugutoshi Seko stated that AEON is committed to accelerate its sustainability initiatives with the installation of solar photovoltaic systems in its malls.

Under the SARE agreement, GSPARX will construct, operate and maintain the PV solar facilities with a system size of approximately 77,000kWp for 25 years. All 40 locations will have the capabilities to produce 99MWh solar energy every year upon completion, offsetting over 70,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.

For 2023, GSPARX will install the PV solar facilities at 11 AEON Malls.

GSPARX installed the first PV facility back in October 2022 at AEON Alpha Angle, Wangsa Maju. The 1,513kWp PV solar was installed on the rooftop and the open car park at ground level.

The agreement was signed between AEON deputy managing director Tsugutoshi Seko, GSPARX managing director Elmie Fairul Mahsuri and TNB chief customer officer Nasaruddin Mohd Zaini at AEON Alpha Angle, Wangsa Maju on April 12.