The programme is an initiative by the Mestecc to boost renewable energy (RE) use in Malaysia.
Minister Yeo Bee Yin said last year, the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia approved 102MW under the NEM programme, adding that the 300MW target can be achieved through the new NEM policy implemented last year.
“This is 3.7 times more than what was achieved between 2016-2018, which was only 27.8MW, ” she told a press conference after launching the Rooftop Solar PV System project by the Xinyi Group in Lipa Kajang here yesterday. Under the NEM programme, energy produced by the solar photovoltaic system is first utilised and any excess can be sold toYeo said Xinyi Group’s RM60mil Rooftop Solar PV System project is the country’s largest NEM project, capable of generating 31MW when it is completed.
Meanwhile, in his welcoming speech, Liu said the Rooftop Solar PV System will provide RM15.9mil of savings annually for the company in terms of electricity cost and reducing carbon discharge by 39,649 tonnes annually.
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