RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES STATISTICSDATA COLLECTION AND COMPILATION ISSUES

NOOR AIZAH A.KARIMHead, Energy Information

Energy Commission Of Malaysiaaizah@st.gov.my

International Workshop On Energy Statistics

Beijing, China24-26 September 2012

INTRODUCTION• Malaysia is blessed with vast renewable sources of energy; biomass,

biogas, solar, wind and mini-hydro. The potential for Renewable Energy (RE) is enormous, especially for biomass energy; whereby these resources are not traded and mostly homegrown. The potential of mini-hydro projects especially the run-of-the-river types is also huge, as the energy available from the streams of rivers in the country has been proven to provide considerable contribution to the supply of electricity in the rural areas. Solar energy is another type of RE resource that is abundant and readily available, as Malaysia is geographically located at the equator. In view of these potentials, the Malaysian Government encourages greater use of these non-depleting and environmentally friendly energy sources

• The Government policies on RE have been documented in the Eighth and Ninth Malaysia Plans (8MP and 9MP), and the ten-year Third Outline Perspective Plan (OPP3). The integration of RE as the "Fifth Fuel" in the national energy scenario supports these policies, and encourages rapid up-take for physical implementation of RE projects. The core focus of the policies was to supplement our national energy mix to include contribution from RE and reducing the national dependence on depletable fossil fuel.

MALAYSIA’S MAJOR RE POTENTIAL

RE Resource Potential (MW)

Small hydro 500Biomass and Biogas (mainly palm oil mill waste)

1,300

Municipal solid waste 400

Solar PV (BIPV) 6,500

• Detailed resources potential for wind energy and geothermal are yet to be fully examined and verified.

RE PROGRAMMES

Year Programmes

1980s PV System for Rural Electrification Programme

1998 First PV grid connected system application

2001 Formulation of Fifth Fuel Policy

2001 Small Renewable Energy Power (SREP) Project

2002 Biomass Power Generation and Co-Generation (BIOGEN) Project

2004Roadmap for Solar, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Research and Development Directions and Markets in Malaysia

2005 Malaysian Building Integrated Photovoltaic (MBIPV) Project

2006 National Biofuel Policy

2009 National Renewable Energy (RE) Policy and Action Plan

2011 The Renewable Energy (RE) Act

DATA COVERAGESector Type of RE

Power

Biomass

Biogas

Land Fill Gas

Mini Hydro

Municipal Waste

Solar

Palm Oil Waste

Palm Shell & EFB

Transport Biodiesel B5

Residential N/A

Commercial N/A

Industrial N/A

DATA SOURCES

• Energy Commission collecting RE data for power sector in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah

• Ministry of Public Utilities Sarawak collecting RE data for power sector in Sarawak

• Major utilities namely TNB, SESB and SEB also collecting data on RE from their respecting power stations

Electricity Generation and Installed Capacity of Renewable Energy by Public Licensee by Region in 2010

Region Type of Prime Mover Installed Capacity (MW)Unit

Generated (MWh)

Peninsular Malaysia

Land Fill Gas 2.0 949

Mini Hidro-ST 6.4 33,195

Mini Hidro-TNB 8.9 14,056

Solar 0.8 666 POME 2.0 1,436 Municipal Waste - ST 8.9 4,587 Mini Hydro - IPP 20.0 101

Sub-Total 49.0 54,990

Sabah

Palm Shell & EFB 10.2 32,983

Wood Waste 10.0 306 Mini Hydro - ST 2.0 2,100

Palm Oil Waste 37.0 214,359

Mini Hydro -SESB 8.0 23,104

Sub-Total 67.2 272,852

 SarawakMini Hydro - SEB 2.0 6,374 Solar 0.0 15 Sub-Total 2.0 6,389

Grand Total 118.2 334,230

Electricity Generation and Installed Capacity of Renewable Energy by Private Licensee by Region in 2010

Region Type of Prime Mover Installed Capacity (MW) Unit Generated (MWh)

Peninsular Malaysia

Agricultural Waste 90.0 55,269 Wood Dust 12.5 548 Paddy Husk 0.5 2,189 Palm 318.8 451,766 Others 15.9 508

Sub-Total 437.7 510,280

Sabah

Palm 115.2 221,649 Wood Waste 64.1 289,698 EFB/ Palm Shell 7.5 19,640 Agricultural Waste 6.5 11,103

Sub-Total 193.3 542,090

Sarawak

Palm Oil Waste 7.4 10,129 Wood / Sawmill Dust 11.0 26,309 Mini Hydro - SEB 6.0 10,816 Sub-Total 24.4 47,254

Grand Total 655.4 1,081,624

Malaysian National RE Policy

Policy Statement:

• Enhancing the utilisation of indigenous renewable energy resources to contribute towards national electricity supply security and sustainable socio-economic development

Objectives:

• To increase RE contribution in the national power generation mix;• To facilitate the growth of the RE industry;• To ensure reasonable RE generation costs;• To conserve the environment for future generation; and• To enhance awareness on the role and importance of RE.

National RE Policy: Strategic Thrusts (Action Plan)

Cumulative RE Capacity Target

(1) Biogas: maximum potential that can be realised from POME, agro-based and farming industries is 410MW;

(2) Biomass: maximum potential that can be realised from palm oil EFB and agro-based industry is 1,340MW;

(3) Small hydro: maximum potential that can be realised from small hydro is 490MW

Solid wastes (RDF, incineration, sanitary landfill): based on 30,000 tonne/day solid wastes as projected by KPKT followed by 3% annual growth post-2024.

CRITICAL FACTORS FOR EFFECTIVE FIT MECHANISM

RE TARGET

NATIONAL BIOFUEL POLICY

NATIONAL BIOFUEL POLICY

BIODIESEL STATISTICS

BIODIESEL STATISTICS

• Data sources from major oil companies and Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities

• We received data on biodiesel from oil companies starting Quarter 3 of 2011

• We are still in the process of collecting data from the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities for data comparison and checking

TERIMA KASIHTHANK YOU