Singapore approves 1 GW hydropower import project from Malaysia
Singapore has conditionally approved a 1 GW hydropower import project from Malaysia’s Sarawak state, with first deliveries expected around 2035.
IEA says cost of capital for solar remains high in Southeast Asia
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the cost of capital for solar remains higher in Southeast Asian countries than it does in other emerging and developing economies.
Over 6 GW of solar approved under Malaysia’s large-scale solar program
Malaysia’s large-scale solar scheme (LSS) has approved 6,028 MW of solar capacity to 117 companies across six bidding rounds to date, according to the country’s Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation.
Solar and wind integration crucial as Southeast Asia electricity demand grows
The International Energy Agency’s latest report says solar and wind energy are well placed to meet Southeast Asia’s growing electricity demand. It adds that while additional deployment will create flexibility challenges, most countries in the region can integrate more solar and wind energy without requiring major system changes.
Malaysian utility launches rebate program for residential PV
Sarawak Energy says it will grant rebates of up to $2,800 for PV systems planned to operate under Malaysia’s net metering scheme.
Brookfield, Solarvest partner on 1.5 GW of solar-plus-storage in Malaysia
The two parties have signed a joint investment framework agreement to develop, construct and operate 1.5 GW worth of solar-plus-storage projects in Malaysia over the next three to five years.
Malaysian utility plans solar expansion
Sarawak Energy Berhard is working on both expanding its solar capacity and conducting feasibility studies for pumped storage hydropower projects at three locations in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
Powering ferries with floating PV, hydrogen
Scientists in Malaysia have conducted a techno-economic-environmental study of a green fueling system for a ferry that runs between islands in their home country. Using 40,000 solar panels, they were able to power two round trips round-trips per day. Annual CO₂ reduction was measured at 23.75 million kg.
Malaysia approves 2 GW of large-scale solar
The fifth round of Malaysia’s large-scale solar programme has approved 13 projects with a total capacity of 1,975 MW. Among them is a 200 MW floating solar project, one the country’s largest to date.
New deep learning tech for PV inverter fault diagnosis
A team of scientists in the United States has combined both spatial and temporal attention mechanisms to develop a new approach for PV inverter fault detection. Training the new method on a dataset created in MATLAB/Simulink, the group has compared it to a series of other data-driven and statistical-based methods and has found accuracy reached 97.35%.
