SEDA Malaysia Open Day (Central Region) for FiAH Solar FiT Holder

SEDA Malaysia Open Day (Central Region)

Venue : Berjaya Times Square Hotel , Kuala Lumpur Date : 20 October 2013

SEDA Malaysia Meets Successful Applicants of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) for Individuals from the Central Region

Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA Malaysia) today holds a dialogue with 350 Feed-in Approval Holders (FiAHs) from the central region to update them on the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) mechanism and its new requirements as well as provide a platform to address any concerns to FiT and other related matters.

Since the implementation of FiT, SEDA Malaysia have approved a total of 2,628 applications with a total installed capacity of 484.03MW and 655 projects have commenced operation with a total installed capacity of 118.19MW. It has been observed that Solar PV has also shown a steady growth in Malaysia. Until 30th September 2013, Solar PV shown the highest percentage for approved applications; 39.72% or 192.26MW of installed capacity compared to bio mass with 152.49 MW or 31.5%; while small hydro and biogas made up the balance of 23.77% (115.05MW) and  5.01% ( 24.23MW) respectively.

According to YBhg Datin Badriyah Ab. Malek, CEO of SEDA Malaysia, since the launched of the Solar Home Rooftop Programme on 24th September 2012, more individuals have participated in the FiT programme. To date SEDA Malaysia has approved 2,279 applications for the individuals with a total capacity of 24.43MW of which 592 applications with an installed capacity of 8.98MW have commenced operation. “We released 1,500 kW of solar PV quota individuals on September 18 2013 and the response received was overwhelming. The quota was all gone within an hour” said Datin Badriyah. SEDA Malaysia will not release any more solar PV quota for this year because of the need to ensure all approved applicants can achieve commercial operation before December 31, 2013. This is important as the consequence of such failure implied a penalty of degression imposed on current FiT rates secured by the FiAHs. The degression rate imposed on individuals is 8% whilst for non-individuals, it is 20%.

Datin Badriyah also reiterated the importance of the public’s contribution to the Renewable Energy (RE) Fund which is an important step taken by the Government to support the FiT programme. Currently electricity consumers contribute 1% of their monthly electricity bill to the RE Fund; however this does not include those domestic consumers whose consumption of electricity is less than 300kWh (equivalent to RM77) per month. Malaysians need to embrace this step in all seriousness because the RE Fund is vital to ensure the sustainable growth of the renewable energy which has been identified as the alternative source of energy for the country in our effort to reduce the country’s over reliance on fossil fuel.

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Preliminary Investigation into the use of Solar PV Systems for Residential Application in Bandar Sri Iskandar, Malaysia

Very good technical article for your reference :-

Preliminary Investigation into the use of Solar PV Systems for Residential Application in Bandar Sri Iskandar, Malaysia
http://scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=jas.2011.2012.2017#f2

Photovoltaic technology is widely used around the worlds in locations with scarce power generation options. It is used for various applications and Building Integrated Photovoltaic system is one of them. However, photovoltaic are still expensive compared to conventional methods of generating electricity. So, a careful design of the system is required to ensure economic viability. This study describes a preliminary investigation of a Solar PV System for residential applications in Bandar Sri Iskandar. Sizing procedures based on the peak sun hour concept is described for a Malaysian typical terraced house. Current and voltage measurements of the solar panel were carried out to predict the output under actual conditions at site.                 

INTRODUCTION
In the near future, Malaysia is expected to be a net importer of oil, and the nation will have to live up to issues related to the security of supply and their economic consequences. It is also anticipated that the energy demand for the country would increase with the increase in population and GDP. Based on the current economic growth rates, Pusat Tenaga Malaysia have projected that Malaysia would become a net importer of energy between 2010 and 2015 (Aun, 2004).
Realizing the situation, it is important that further emphasis is given into the diversification of energy resources. One method is the exploitation of renewable energy to minimize the effects of global warming. Although technology and design play an important role, individual energy consumption patterns have a great impact on reducing the national energy demand. Therefore energy saving initiatives need to be practiced within the society at large.
The Malaysian governments have carried out programs to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy (Taha, 2003). One of them is to introduce subsidies for on-grid solar PV system installations. As shown in Fig. 1, the peak electricity load occurs during the daytime (office hours) which means that the electricity energy demand comes from industries and office buildings. An on-grid renewable energy system would be applicable for industries and offices at this time. As opposed to the high day-time energy consumption, the peak demand for residential users occurs towards the end of the day.
On-grid PV systems are considered as distributed power generation and do not require energy storage. They will supply excess energy to the grid and reduce dependency on centralized power generation during the day. At night, customers that use on-grid PV systems will use electricity from the grid whereas off-grid system users will use energy from energy storage. This means on-grid system users will still need to pay for their electricity consumption.
The other factors which hinder the usage of PV systems, include high initials cost and the lack of support from the Malaysian government. The only form of available support from the government is the on-grid PV installation and even so, has not been able to provide significant reduction in capital cost.
Solar PV systems are commercially available for residential power supply. Such systems are attached to houses or buildings and commonly known as Building Integrated Photovoltaic systems (BIPV) (Ruther et al., 2008; Bloem, 2008; Bakos et al., 2003). It is expected that the BIPV system will be able to play an important role in the reduction and subsequent replacement of fossil fuels to provide electricity (Bakos et al., 2003).
Sizing is an essential part of solar PV system design to ensure reliability of the system. Sizing considers reliability of energy supply by ensuring the number of solar panels used to capture solar energy and the capacity of the batteries for energy storage is sufficient (Pascual, 2007).

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CONCLUSION
A simple deterministic method was used to estimate the sizing of a solar panel and battery system. For a Malaysian typical terrace house, the average value of electrical energy demand is about 6000 Wh day^-1 and about 23% of the daily load is used for lighting. The PSH value for Malaysia is 4-5 h and the measured data in the month of February, indicates a PSH value of 4.5 h. According to the calculations, the solar panel size required to provide energy for residential lighting is about 400 Wp. The battery capacity required for the above panel size was found to be 864 Ah. The short circuit current value of the panel increased from 3.4 Amperes at 390 W m^-2 to 6.9 Amperes at 720 W m^-2. The open circuit voltage values of the solar panel reduced from 19.5 Volts at 390 W m^-2 to 18.5 Volts at 720 W m^-2. The maximum power point was found to be dependent on the irradiance. The I-V measurements during actual conditions show that the solar panel output is dependent on irradiance. This output is also found to be lower than the output at STC.

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Malaysia have joined the rest of the country to do Feed-in Tariff

Malaysia have joined the rest of the country to do Feed-in Tariff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed-in_tariff

6.1 Algeria

6.2 Australia

6.3 Canada

6.4 China

6.5 Czech Republic

6.6 France

6.7 Germany

6.8 Greece

6.9 India

6.10 Indonesia

6.11 Iran

6.12 Ireland

6.13 Israel

6.14 Italy

6.15 Japan

6.16 The Netherlands

6.17 South Africa

6.18 Spain

6.19 Switzerland

6.20 Thailand

6.21 Uganda

6.22 Ukraine

6.23 United Kingdom

6.24 United States

• 6.24.1 California
• 6.24.2 Florida
• 6.24.3 Hawaii
• 6.24.4 Maine
• 6.24.5 New York
• 6.24.6 Oregon
• 6.24.7 Vermont

6.25 Puerto Rico

Followup on Payment from TNB for FiAH FIT SEDA

For your information, to Followup on Payment from TNB for FiAH FIT SEDA, you can call up TNB Solar FiT Dept to check  +603-7967-9000

Br,
Customer Service
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Malaysia FiT Feed In Tariff for Individual, Company and Community

For Individual applications:
- Maximum capacity per application: 12 kWp
- Maximum Feed In Application (FiA): 2 applications per individual
- Maximum total capacity per individual: 24 kWp
- Application charge: RM10 per kWp and minimum RM100
- Processing charge: RM100 (online), RM200 (manual)
- FiA Transfer charge: RM1000 ( sell property etc)
- FiA Transfer charge: RM200 (pass away)
- Feed in Applicant(FiA) and property owner can be different person (parents, siblings, children and etc)

For Company applications:
- Maximum capacity per company: 30 MWp
- Maximum capacity per individual in company: 5MWp
- Company need to declare shareholder until individual, PLC, GLC or foreign company
- Announced 20 MWp quota for Solar PV system < 500kWp announced for end of Mar 2013
- For capacity > 24kWP, regessesion rate changed from -8% yearly to -20% yearly starting 2013
- Company need to have paid up capital of 20k for <24kWp and 50k for >24kWp

For Community applications:
- Proposal for community application for house of worship, hall, etc and max capacity 24kWp

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永续能源发展局反驳 电力回购计划表现不俗

2013年7月14日 http://www.orientaldaily.com.my/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=64791:&Itemid=113

（吉隆坡14日讯）永续能源发展局指出，到2013年5月为止的19个月中，该机构通过电力回购计划（FiT），共生產465.91千瓦（MW）的能源。

该局说，相比之下，从2001年至2010年的10年中，该局通过「小型再生能源计划」（SREP），只能生產出61.2千瓦的能源。

该局表示，这项成果显示，花了超过40亿令吉投资在再生能源工业的步伐是令人鼓舞的。该局今日发文告驳斥大马水务及能源研究协会主席比拉巴卡兰，后者批评永续能发展局缺乏效率，並要求国会关闭这个机构。

永续能源发展局说，这项成果也避免了266万4053吨的二氧化碳排放。

「电力回购计划仍处于非常初步的阶段，这项计划如果没有公眾广泛地接受，那是无法成功的。」

该局在文告中，逐一反驳比拉巴卡兰的论点。后者对这项计划的批评，包括电力回购计划的费用计算方式不明朗、再生能源基金管理不透明、现有模式无法永续支持此工业、被某些个人垄断、计划由贪污及无能的官员管理等。

永续能源发展局说，对于能源成本的计算方式，该局主要是採用「均衡发电成本」（LCOE）的方式，这也是国际通用的计算方法。有关计算方法的报告，早在2011年9月8日已经上载该局的网站。

该局表示，至于再生能源呈报报告不透明的指责，《2011年再生能源法令》第26条文及27条文已清楚表示，永续能源发展局必须每年都呈报再生能源基金的报告，並且需要获得国会审核。报告同时也会上载该局网站。

该局说，至于这项模式是否能支持此工业的问题，这项计划的原则是要让投资者获利，而花在此计划的成本，也將会逐年递减。

至于垄断的问题，这项计划的管理，是通过电脑系统（e-Fit Online）所管理

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