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TAWAU: The phase one of Tawau Green Energy Geothermal Power Plant
involving generating capacity of 36MW is expected to be completed in
2015.
The power plant at Apas Kiri, which is the first renewable
and sustainable project of its kind in Malaysia, will supply 30MW to the
Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) grid.
Sustainable Energy
Development Authority of Malaysia (SEDA Malaysia) chairman Tan Sri Dr
Fong Chan Onn, who visited the project site yesterday, said the plant
will be Malaysia’s first grid-connected geothermal power plant.
Fong said the renewable power plant is a unique prospect in the district and it is also acceptable to everyone in the community.
The
project undertaken by Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE) will reduce the
utilization of fossil fuel for power generation in the state grid in
line with Malaysia’s sustainable development policy and global
greenhouse gas emission reduction.
According to Fong, the process
of producing electricity with a geothermal power plant is similar to
other thermal power plants that use coal, oil or gas except that it does
not require burning any fuel.
Instead, geothermal plant utilizes
energy from the natural steam and hot water drawn from the geothermal
reservoir, he explained.
The geothermal power plant is a form of
green energy which does not require any fuel burning or combustion to
produce heat or electricity, he said.
It emits little carbon dioxide, no nitrogen dioxide and very low amounts of sulfur dioxide, he added.
The
project is estimated to cost RM419 million and it has also qualified to
receive a grant of RM35million from the Private-Public Partnership Unit
of the Prime Minister’s Department for the access road and water
treatment plant.
7 comments:
Proud to see our state govt is emphasizing on sustainable energy development in Sabah. Hope to see this project succeed.
This power plant can help little bit problem with the electric shortage problem in Sabah.
Geothermal electricity is electricity generated from geothermal energy. Technologies in use include dry steam power plants, flash steam power plants and binary cycle power plants.
Estimates of the electricity generating potential of geothermal energy vary from 35 to 2,000 GW. Current worldwide installed capacity is 10,715 megawatts (MW), with the largest capacity in the United States (3,086 MW), Philippines, and Indonesia.
I'm glad that the Sabah State government is making an effort to introduce green and sustainable energy in Sabah to resolve the energy woes but still maintain our green environment.
The Tawau Geothermal Power Plant could help generate 36MW of electricity which can help resolve the electricity woes in the state. Hope that it will be set up as planned by 2015.
The Geothermal Power Plant is the first of its kind in the country, if this project is successful, more states will start to adapt this technology as well.
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