RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES STATISTICSDATA COLLECTION AND COMPILATION ISSUES
NOOR AIZAH A.KARIMHead, Energy Information
Energy Commission Of [email protected]
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.
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.
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