Thursday, November 8, 2012

Kementerian Sasar 11 Peratus Penjanaan Elektrik Daripada Tenaga Diperbaharui Menjelang 2020

Kementerian Sasar 11 Peratus Penjanaan Elektrik Daripada Tenaga Diperbaharui Menjelang 2020
20 Julai, 2010 17:17 PM

JASIN, 20 Julai (Bernama) -- Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air menyasarkan sebanyak 11 peratus atau 2,080 megawatt daripada keseluruhan penjanaan elektrik di negara ini berpunca daripada tenaga yang boleh diperbaharui menjelang 2020.

Menterinya, Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui berkata, bagi pelaksanaan tenaga boleh diperbaharui berjalan lancar, beberapa garis panduan dan undang-udang berkaitan akan diperkenalkan.

"Ini untuk memastikan kecekapan pengunaan tenaga serta dapat menurunkan indeks tahap pelepasan gas rumah hijau, katanya di dalam teks ucapannya pada majlis perasmian Bangunan Tenaga Elektrik Melaka Jasin di sini pada Selasa.

Teks ucapannya dibaca oleh timbalannya, Noriah Kasnon.

Bangunan dan pejabat yang disiapkan dengan kos RM22 juta dirasmikan oleh Yang Dipertua Negeri Melaka Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob.

Yang turut hadir ialah Pengerusi TNB Tan Sri Leo Moggie, Presiden dan Pegawai Eksekutif TNB Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohamad Noh serta ahli-ahli majis mesyuarat kerajaan negeri Melaka.

Menurut Chin, kesedaran dan pemahaman mengenai perlunya untuk mengaplikasikan penggunaan tenaga boleh diperbarui ini semakin meningkat.

"Tetapi, ia masih belum berkembang pesat di negara ini berbanding di negara-negara Eropah seperti Jerman, Sepanyol, United Kingdom dan Denmark," katanya.

Kerajaan melalui skim pembiayaan teknologi hijau, katanya memperuntukkan insentif RM1.5 bilion bagi mempergiatkan penggunaan aplikasi teknologi hijau sebagai pemacu pembangunan ekonomi masa hadapan.

Beliau berkata usaha-usaha mengamal dan melaksana amalan kecekapan tenaga perlu dipergiatkan bagi manfaat penjimatan wang secara langsung bagi kos berkaitan dengan tenaga.

Sementara itu, Moggie berkata, bagi memperkukuhkan bekalan elektrik di Melaka, akan dilaksanakan projek pengukuhan sistem voltan tinggi bernilai RM17.8 juta bagi tahun 2009/2010 yang melibatkan 33 projek.

Di samping itu, TNB turut membelanjakan RM210.34 juta untuk memperkukuhkan sistem penghantaran di seluruh Melaka dengan pembinaan pencawang masuk utama (PMU) di Ujung Pasir, Melaka.

Pada tahun lalu, beliau berkata TNB Melaka mencatat jualan elektrik purata RM94.27 juta sebulan iaitu pengguna industri sebanyak RM41.04 juta, pengguna komersial (RM33.75 juta) dan pengguna domestik (RM19.48 juta)

Pelanggan TNB di Melaka ketika ini berjumlah 279,446 dengan pengguna domestik merupakan pengguna terbesar iaitu sebanyak 232,782 pengguna atau 83.33 peratus, katanya.

-- BERNAMA 

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The future of energy: The end of the Oil Age

Ways to break the tyranny of oil are coming into view. Governments need to promote them
Oct 23rd 2003 | from the print edition

http://www.economist.com/node/2155717?story_id=2155717

“THE Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil.” This intriguing prediction is often heard in energy circles these days. If greens were the only people to be expressing such thoughts, the notion might be dismissed as Utopian. However, the quotation is from Sheikh Zaki Yamani, a Saudi Arabian who served as his country's oil minister three decades ago. His words are rich in irony. Sheikh Yamani first came to the world's attention during the Arab oil embargo of the United States, which began three decades ago this week and whose effects altered the course of modern economic and political history. Coming from such a source, the prediction, one assumes, can hardly be a case of wishful thinking.
Yet a generation after the embargo began, the facts seem plain: the world remains addicted to Middle Eastern oil (see article). So why is Sheikh Yamani predicting the end of the Oil Age? Because he believes that something fundamental has shifted since that first oil shock—and, sadly for countries like Saudi Arabia, he is quite right. Finally, advances in technology are beginning to offer a way for economies, especially those of the developed world, to diversify their supplies of energy and reduce their demand for petroleum, thus loosening the grip of oil and the countries that produce it.
Hydrogen fuel cells and other ways of storing and distributing energy are no longer a distant dream but a foreseeable reality. Switching to these new methods will not be easy, or all that cheap, especially in transport, but with the right policies it can be made both possible and economically advantageous. Unfortunately, many of the rich world's governments—and above all the government of America, the world's biggest oil consumer—are reluctant to adopt the measures that would speed the day when the Saudis' worst fears come true.
The $7 trillion heist

If treating the West's addiction to oil will be costly, is it really worth doing? To be sure. Petro-addiction imposes mighty costs of its own. First, there is the political risk of relying on the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Oil still has a near-monopoly hold on transport. If the supply is cut off even for a few days, modern economies come to a halt, as Britain discovered when tax protestors blockaded some domestic oil depots two years ago. And despite what sound like large investments in new oil fields in Russia and elsewhere, Saudi Arabia's share of the world oil market will actually grow over the next two decades simply because it has such huge reserves of cheap oil. Geology has granted two-thirds of the world's proven oil reserves to Saudi Arabia and four of its neighbours. Because of this continuing concentration of supply, the risk of a disruption to oil flows will continue to be a threat, and may even rise.
That points to a second sort of cost. According to one American government estimate, OPEC has managed to transfer a staggering $7 trillion in wealth from American consumers to producers over the past three decades by keeping the oil price above its true market-clearing level. That estimate does not include all manner of subsidies doled out to the fossil-fuel industry, ranging from cheap access to oil on government land to the ongoing American military presence in the Middle East.
The final disguised cost of oil is the damage it does to the environment and human health. Unlike power plants, which are few in number and so easier to regulate, cars are ubiquitous and much more difficult to control. The transport sector is a principal source of global emissions of greenhouse gases.
The only long-term solution to this connected set of problems is to reduce the world's reliance on oil. Achieving this once seemed pie-in-the-sky. No longer. Hydrogen fuel cells are at last becoming a viable alternative. These are big batteries that run cleanly for as long as hydrogen is supplied, and which might power anything in or around your home—notably, your car. Hydrogen is a fuel that, like electricity, can be made from a variety of sources: fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, renewables, even nuclear power. Every big car maker now has a fuel-cell programme, and every big oil firm is busy investigating how best to feed these new cars their hydrogen.
Another alternative likely to become available in a few years is “bioethanol”. Many cars (quite a few of them in America) already run on a mixture of petrol and ethanol. The problem here is cost. At the moment, the ethanol has to be heavily subsidised. But that might alter when biotechnology delivers new enzymes that can make ethanol efficiently from just about any sort of plant material. Then, the only limit will be how much plant material is available (see article).

All in good time

Such changes will not occur overnight. It will take a decade or two before either fuel cells or bioethanol make a significant dent in the oil economy. Still, they represent the first serious challenges to petrol in a century. If hydrogen were made from renewable energy (or if the carbon dioxide generated by making it from fossil fuels were sequestered underground), then the cars and power plants of the future would release no local pollution or greenhouse gases. Because bioethanol is made from plants, it merely “borrows” its carbon from the atmosphere, so cannot add to global warming. What is more, because hydrogen can be made in a geographically distributed fashion, by any producer anywhere, no OPEC cartel or would-be successor to it could ever manipulate the supplies or the price. There need never be another war over energy.
It all sounds very fine. What then is the best way to speed things up? Unfortunately, not through the approach currently advocated by President George Bush and America's Congress, which this week has been haggling over a new energy bill. America's leaders are still concerning themselves almost exclusively with increasing the supply of oil, rather than with curbing the demand for it while increasing the supply of alternatives. Some encouragement for new technologies is proposed, but it will have little effect: bigger subsidies for research are unlikely to spur innovation in industries with hundreds of billions of dollars in fossil-fuel assets. The best way to curb the demand for oil and promote innovation in oil alternatives is to tell the world's energy markets that the “externalities” of oil consumption—security considerations and environmental issues alike—really will influence policy from now on. And the way to do that is to impose a gradually rising gasoline tax.
By introducing a small but steadily rising tax on petrol, America would do far more to encourage innovation and improve energy security than all the drilling in Alaska's wilderness. Crucially, this need not be, and should not be, a matter of raising taxes in the aggregate. The proceeds from a gasoline tax ought to be used to finance cuts in other taxes—this, surely, is the way to present them to a sceptical electorate.
Judging by the debate going on in Washington, a policy of this kind is a distant prospect. That is a great shame. Still, the pace of innovation already under way means that Sheikh Yamani's erstwhile colleagues in the oil cartel might themselves be wise to invest some of their money in the alternatives. One day, these new energy technologies will toss the OPEC cartel in the dustbin of history. It cannot happen soon enough.

Related items
The future of energyOct 28th 2003
OPEC: Still holding customers over a barrelOct 23rd 2003
Fossil fuels: Buried lossesOct 23rd 2003

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Energy Efficiency Regulation

An Overview of The Efficient Management of Electrical Energy Regulations 2008
Monday, 04 January 2010
A regulation under the Electricity Supply Act 1990


1. EFFECTIVE DATE
15 December 2008

2. APPLICATION
Consumers
Any installation which receives electrical energy from a licensee or supply authority with a total electricity consumption equal to or exceeding 3,000,000 kWh as measured at one metering point or more over any period of six consecutive months;
Generator
Any installation used, worked or operated by a private installation licensee with a total net electrical energy generation equal to or exceeding 3,000,000 kWh over any period of six consecutive months.
For existing installations
Electrical energy calculated over six months from the effective date.
For new installations
Electrical energy is calculated over six months from the date the electrical energy supply is connected to the installation by the licensee or supply authority.

3. OBLIGATION TO SUBMIT INFORMATION

A licensee or supply authority who supplies electrical energy for:-
Existing installation
shall submit to the Commission information or documents regarding the names and particulars of consumers whose total electrical energy consumption over any period not exceeding six consecutive months equals to or exceeds 3,000,000 kWh, not later than one month after the expiry of the period of six consecutive months from the effective date.
New installations shall submit to the Commission information or documents regarding the names and particulars of consumers whose total electrical energy consumption over any period not exceeding six consecutive months equals to or exceeds 3,000,000 kWh, not later than one month after the expiry of the period of six consecutive months from the date the electrical energy supply is connected to the installation by the licensee or supply authority.

A private installation licensee
Existing installations shall submit to the Commission information or documents regarding the total net electrical energy generation over any period not exceeding six consecutive months that equals to or exceeds 3,000,000 kWh, not later than one month after the expiry of the period of six consecutive months from the effective date.
New installations shall submit to the Commission information or documents regarding the total net electrical energy generation over any period not exceeding six consecutive months that equals to or exceeds 3,000,000 kWh, not later than one month after the expiry of the period of six consecutive months from the date the installation starts to generate electrical energy.

Licensee, supply authority or private installation licensee shall ensure that the information or documents provided are true, accurate and complete.

Any licensee, supply authority or private installation licensee who -
fails to submit such information; or fails to disclose or omits to give any relevant information or document, or provides information or documents that he or it knows or has reason to believe is false or misleading commits an offence under these Regulations.

4. NOTIFICATION TO AFFECTED INSTALLATIONS

The Commission may, at any time by written notice, direct –
(a) to appoint or designate a registered electrical energy manager;
(b) to submit a written confirmation of such appointment or designation (name, particulars, date of expiry of registration)
(c) to submit information :
the statement of policy for efficient electrical energy management of the installation ;
the objectives of efficient electrical energy management; and
the accounts and documents pertaining to efficient electrical energy management ;
(d) to submit reports - in Form A and a declaration by the registered electrical energy manager for the installation in Form B of the Second Schedule
(e) To submit any other information which the Commission may require.

5. OBLIGATION OF PRIVATE INSTALLATION LICENSEE OR CONSUMER

Any private installation licensee or consumer who is served with a written notice from the Commission under regulation 6 shall submit to the Commission -
(a) the information as required under No. 4 (a) and (b) not later than three months from the date of the written notice; and
(b) the information and report as required under No. 4 (c), (d) and (e) not later than thirty days after the expiry of six consecutive months from the date of the notice and for every six months onwards.

6. REVIEW

The Commission may, review the obligations of the entity by considering: -

the total net electrical energy consumption/generation for the reported period;
the compliance with the requirements of the Regulations; and any other reason which show efficient management of electrical energy at the installation for the reported period and may by written notice notify the entity that he or it is no longer required to further submit the information and report


7. WITHDRAWAL

The Commission may withdraw the earlier notice by considering:-
the total net electrical energy consumption or generation for the reported period;
any other reason which show efficient management of electrical energy at the installation for the reported period has not been practised after the date of issue of the notice


8. REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENERGY MANAGER OF INSTALLATION

Need for registration of electrical energy manager (EEM) for the purposes of the Regulations


9. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EEM

Malaysian citizen aged 23 years and above; and
is a Professional Engineer and possesses at least six months working experience in the efficient management of electrical energy, or holds a degree in Science, Engineering, Architecture or its equivalent and possesses at least one year working experience in the efficient management of electrical energy; or holds a certificate of competency as an Electrical Services Engineer or as a Competent Electrical Engineer as in the Electricity Regulations 1994 and possesses at least nine months working experience in the efficient management of electrical energy; and
Demonstrates knowledge of the requirements of the Act and these Regulations
The Commission may require the person to attend an interview.


10. FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY MANAGER

To audit and analyse the total electrical energy consumption or generation
To advise in developing and implementing measures to ensure efficient management of electrical energy at the installation
To monitor effective implementation of the measures
To supervise the keeping of records on efficient management of electrical energy at the installation and verify its accuracy; and
To ensure the timely submission of information and reports under the regulations.


11. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Commission to maintain a register of registered electrical energy managers
Procedures for replacement of certificates of registration
Procedures for certified true copies of the certificate of registration
Extension of time – may be requested
Service of notice – personally or by registered post


12. GENERAL PENALTY

Any person who commits an offence under the Regulations shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both



WHO AND WHERE TO CONTACT?

Demand Side Management Unit
Energy Management Department
Energy Commission
Level 12, Menara TH Perdana
Maju Junction, Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03 26125400/536/554
Fax: 03 26912654
Website address : www.st.gov.my


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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

TASK MANAGER CETREE 2000-2006

I was appointed as CETREE Task manager at the beginning of the establishment of the Centre for Education and Training in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency located at USM Penang. CETREE was established as an action plan of RMK8 under the preview of the Ministry of Energy, Communication and Multimedia (MECM) that time with the financial assistance from DANIDA.