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- Title
The Potential and Status of Renewable Energy Development in Malaysia.
- Authors
Abdullah, Wan Syakirah Wan; Osman, Miszaina; Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin; Verayiah, Renuga
- Abstract
The Malaysian Government has set an ambitious target to achieve a higher penetration of Renewable Energy (RE) in the Malaysian energy mix. To date, Malaysia has approximately 2% of its energy coming from RE generation sources compared to the total generation mix and targets achieving 20% penetration by 2025. The current energy mix for Malaysia power generation is mainly provided by natural gas and coal. The discussion will cover the traditional sources of generation including natural gas, coal and big hydro stations. In addition, the paper will cover in depth the potential of RE in the country, challenges, and opportunities in this sector. This study can give an initial evaluation of the Malaysian energy industry, especially for RE and can initiate further research and development in this area in order to support the Government target to achieve RE target of 20% by 2025.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; ENERGY development; NATURAL gas; COAL gas; ENERGY industries; RESEARCH &; development; FOSSIL fuels
- Publication
Energies (19961073), 2019, Vol 12, Issue 12, p2437
- ISSN
1996-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/en12122437