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Sabah will have the country’s first geothermal plant by 2014 as the State taps into environmental-friendly energy to feed the growing needs.
Yesterday, Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) and Tawau Green Energy (TGE) entered into an agreement called the renewable energy power purchase agreement (REEPA).
The ceremony commenced with Andrew S.R Amaladoss, Project Director of TGE, Ramzi Raad, Managing Director of TGE, Datuk Baharin Din, Managing Director of SESB and Zunaidah Osman, company secretary of SESB signing the documents.
The historic event was witnessed by Datuk Masidi Manjun, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Tan Sri Leo Moggie, Chairman of SESB and Dato Sri Che Khalib Mohammad Noh, President and CEO of TNB.
According to Amaladoss, the energy is not only renewable but also one of the most environment-friendly energy technologies available today.
The carbon print of geothermal power is 65 times lesser than coal, 49 times lesser than fossil oil and 40 times lesser than natural gas.
He also said that if well-maintained the reservoir can be sustained for the next 100 years.Work to the plant in Apas will kick off today with completion date for Dec 2014.
Based on the terms of the agreement, the generation plant with its capacity of 30MW will be incorporated into SESB’s Grid, utilizing the 132kV lines into Tawau and Kalumpang for a period of 21 years.
The project cost is estimated to cost almost RM400 million and will be financed by local financial institutions on a conventional project financing basis.
11 comments:
Hopefully this 'renewable but also one of the most environment-friendly energy technologies' will replace the all existing diesel generated power plant in Sabah.
Hope that this Geothermal plant will help bring Sabah forward in achieving green methods for power generation.
Sabah must do their best to become the first green state in the country.
Wise move! The 2 in 1 advantages, to supply power and to protect the environment.
Teruskan usaha menjadikan Sabah lebih kepada persekitaran hijau.
tenaga ini lebh bersih dan jimat, dgn ini masalah tenaga di Sabah harap dpt diselesaikan.
to have a power plant which exploits what is naturally produced is good as we want to create environmentally friendly power generation, and at the same time it will provide employment opportunities to locals during its construction and operation..
usaha untuk membangunkan teknologi yang mesra alam harus dipertingkatkan lagi.
pembangunan sumber tenaga yang mesra alam bukan saja dapat membekalkan bekalan tenaga malah dapat menjaga alam sekitar.
That sound great. Hopefully can save more energy and still can maintain the green environment.
Info: Filipina merupakan negara kedua terbesar pengeluar tenaga geoterma selepas Amerika Syarikat. negara yang menghadapi krisis kekurangan tenaga dalam pembangunan ekonomi seperti Indonesia dan Filipina menggunakan tenaga geoterma yang dijana dari gunung berapi.
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