Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) chief executive officer Datuk Azman Mahmud said between 2014 and 2018, Asia would see the installation of another 37 GW in PV capacity
KUALA LUMPUR: The Energy Commission is conducting a second competitive bidding process for companies to build large scale solar (LSS) photovoltaic (PV) plants in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah/ Labuan.
It announced on Tuesday the plants will be connected to the grid and sell their energy to Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(TNB) or the Sabah Electricity Board (SESB) under a solar power purchase agreement.
“The LSS capacity to be tendered will be from one to 30 megawatt (MWac) with a target aggregate capacity of 360MWac in Peninsular Malaysia and 100MWac in Sabah/Labuan, which is expected to be commissioned by in 2019 to 2020,” it said.
The EC will also announce the injection points for the connections to the grid.
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