Govt to tender out RM2b worth of solar projects next year
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): The government will undertake an open tender next year for the third round of the 500MW large-scale solar (LSS3) projects worth an estimated value of RM2 billion.
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): The government will undertake an open tender next year for the third round of the 500MW large-scale solar (LSS3) projects worth an estimated value of RM2 billion.
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 15): The government will undertake an open tender in 2019 for an estimated RM2 billion worth of projects under the third cycle of the large-scale solar (LSS3) scheme, to increase electricity generation from renewable energy (RE).
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): In an effort to drive the green agenda, the government has come out with a slew of solar photovoltaic (PV) initiatives to encourage the renewable energy (RE) uptake.
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): Members of the public who generate solar energy for personal use will soon get rebates from Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) at the same consumption tariff under the revised net energy metering (NEM) programme.
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Malaysia hopes to spearhead the research and development (R&D) and commercialisation of green packaging and other alternatives for single-use plastics.
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Malaysia may introduce a state-enforced pollution charge on single-use plastics on businesses by 2021, said Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, and Climate Change, Yeo Bee Yin.
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Putrajaya aims to finalise details of banning the import of non-recyclable plastic waste by end of this year.
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The government has freezed issuance of licenses to establish plastic waste recycling factories in Malaysia and banned the import of these materials to ensure existing illegal factories do not continue their operations.
KUALA LUMPUR (September 19): The energy, science, technology, environment and climate change ministry has set a target of 18% of the country’s electricity to be generated by renewable sources by 2030, from 2% currently.
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): The Johor government recently rejected deals from Chinese firms to build waste recycling centres there "Earlier in June, I had informed that the State government had rejected investments from three companies from China and last week I had rejected two more investments from the same country.