KeTTHA To Announce Fit Quotas On May 2, 2014

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (Bernama) -- The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry (KeTTHA) will announce the quotas for its Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) programme on May 2, 2014.

Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili said the quota release for 2014 would also include Sabah and Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan for the first time in the FiT mechanism.

"The total FiT quota allocated for commercial operation by year-end will be 65 megawatts and this covers the renewable energy sources of biogas, biomass, biomass (solid waste), small hydro, solar photovoltaics (PV) for individuals, solar PV for non-individuals, and a new category for solar PV for communities," he said in a statement today.

The statement said in addition to including Sabah and Labuan, the ministry has also revised five of the subsidiary legislations, including those concerned with the Displaced Cost (DC) as well as the Technical and Operational Requirements (T&O) rules.

The DC has been revised upwards, to reflect the increase in the cost of supply of electricity in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan, allowing more quotas to be released from the expected amount of the Renewable Energy Fund to be collected.

The amendment to the T&O subsidiary legislations includes changes to some of the definitions in the subsidiary legislations in order to standardise them with the definitions used under the Electricity Supply Act 1990 and its associated regulations.

The amendment will also result in a reduction in transaction cost incurred by renewable energy developers.

Further refinements have been made to the FiT quota application process for large-scale solar PV exceeding 425 kilowatts.

Applications for this category must be submitted manually to the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia.

The FiT is a policy mechanism administered and managed by SEDA Malaysia as provided for under the Renewable Energy Act (Act 725).

-- BERNAMA  http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=1027254 

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Feed-in Tariff to include Sabah, Labuan

Posted on April 2, 2014, Wednesday

http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/02/feed-in-tariff-to-include-sabah-labuan/ 

KOTA KINABALU: The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry announced yesterday that the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) will also include Sabah and Labuan.

Its minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Ongkili, said the FiT quota for Peninsula Malaysia, Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan would be released for application on May 2, 2014.

“The quota release for 2014 marks an important milestone in the implementation of the FiT mechanism as the state of Sabah and Federal Territory of Labuan will be participating in the FiT mechanism for the first time,” he said in a statement yesterday.

Ongkili said the total FiT quota allocated for commercial operation by end of this year will be 65 MW and this covers the renewable energy sources of biogas, biomass, biomass (solid waste), small hydro, solar photovoltaics (PV) for the individuals, solar PV for the non-individuals, and a new category for solar PV for community.

In addition to the inclusion of Sabah and Labuan, he said the ministry has also revised five of the subsidiary legislations including those concerned with the Displaced Cost (DC) and the Technical and Operational Requirements (T&O) rules.

The DC has been revised upwards to reflect the increase in the cost of supply of electricity in Peninsular, Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan. The new DC will allow more quotas to be released from the expected amount of the Renewable Energy Fund (RE Fund) to be collected, he explained.

“Whereas the amendment to the T&O subsidiary legislations include changes to some of the definitions in the subsidiary legislations in order to standardise them with the definitions used under the Electricity Supply Act 1990 and its associated regulations. The amendment will also result in a reduction in transaction cost incurred by renewable energy developers.

“For example, Solar PV installations with capacity of 12kW up to 425kW will only incur a connection confirmation check cost of between RM1,000 and RM5,000,” he said.

Previously, installations exceeding 180kW up to 1 MW require a Power System Study (PSS) that costs RM20,000.

Further refinements have been made to the FiT quota application process for large-scale solar PV exceeding 425 kW. Application for this category must be submitted manually to SEDA Malaysia. The applications must comply with all existing requirements under the e-FiT system as well as other additional conditions that will be disseminated by SEDA Malaysia through their website at www.seda.gov.my and stakeholders engagement workshops.

The FiT is a policy mechanism administered and managed by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia as provided for under the Renewable Energy Act (Act 725).

However, the allocation for FiT quota is still available for the next eight years after 2017 for non-solar PV technology.

To mark Sabah and Labuan’s inaugural participation in the FiT, there is a special solar PV quota of 5MW for non-individual applications for Sabah and Labuan for application capacity of above 425kW and up to 2MW.

Ongkili pointed out that the Malaysian Government since the Eighth Malaysia Plan in 2001 has embedded renewable energy into the energy mix. The rationale for this is to increase the country’s energy security, autonomy and to address climate change.

This is in particular to reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuel and to utilize indigenous resources that are renewable.

As such, he said the government has implemented the Small Renewable Energy Power (SREP) programme which spanned a decade concluding 2010. However, as at the end of 2010, the renewable energy (RE) projects connected to the grid was only 61.2 MW.

To encourage the growth of Renewable Energy in the country, he said the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water came out with the National RE Policy and Action Plan (NREPAP) that was approved by the Cabinet on 2nd April 2010.

The core framework of the NREPAP was centred on the implementation of the FiT which was introduced on 1st December 2011 in Peninsular Malaysia whereby there is an additional charge of 1% to the electricity bills which goes to the RE fund to allow people to participate in the FiT programme.

However, domestic electricity consumers with less than 300 kWh consumption of electricity per month are exempted from such contribution.

Currently, the percentage of approved Feed-in Tariff projects is 2% of the total electricity generating capacity. This is based on 537.97 MW of RE capacity approved under the FiT with baseline of 27,179 MW of total electricity generating capacity in the country since 2010. Our target is for Renewable Energy to constitute 5% of the energy mix in 2015.

“With the tariff review effective Jan 1, 2014, the FiT will also include the Sabah and Labuan. The contribution into the RE fund has also been revised to 1.6% for all participating states to increase the fund for renewable energy.

“I wish to inform that as at end of February 2014, RM4.8 million has been paid out to biogas, RM4.86 million to small hydro, RM37.8 million to biomass and RM40.9 million to solar PV,” the minister added.

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FiT quota applications open on May 2 , 2014

FiT quota applications open on May 2

Posted on 3 April 2014 - 05:37am

http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1005839

PETALING JAYA: The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry announced that that the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) quota for Peninsular Malaysia – and now Labuan and Sabah. – will be released for application on May 2.

Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Ongkili said the quota release for 2014 marks an important milestone in the implementation of the FiT mechanism as Sabah and Labuan will be participating for the first time.

He said the total FiT quota allocated for commercial operation by end of this year will be 65 megawatts (MW) and this covers the renewable energy source of biogas, biomass, biomass (solid waste), small hydro, solar photovoltaics (PV) for the individuals, solar PV for the non-individuals and a new category for solar PV for community.

In addition to the inclusion of Sabah and Labuan, he said, the ministry has also revised five of the subsidiary legislations, including those concerned with the Displace Cost (DC) and technical and operational requirements (T&O) rules.

Ongkili said the DC has been revised upwards to reflect the increase in the cost of supply of electricity in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan. He said the new DC will allow more quotas to be released from the expected amount of the Renewable Energy Fund (RE Fund) to be collected.

"Whereas the amendment to the T&O subsidiary legislations include changes to some of the definitions in the subsidiary legislations in order to standardise them with the definitions used under the Electricity Supply Act 1990 and its associated regulations," he added.

"The amendment will also result in a reduction in transaction cost incurred by renewable energy developers. For example, solar PV installations with capacity of 12kW up to 425kW will only incur a connection confirmation check cost of between RM1,000 and RM5,000," he said, adding that previously installations exceeding 180kW up to 1MW required a power system study that cost RM20,000.

Ongkili said further refinements have been made to the FiT quota application process for large-scale solar PV exceeding 425 kW. Application for this category must be submitted manually to the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA Malaysia) and must comply with all existing requirements under the e-FiT system as well as other additional conditions that will be disseminated by the authority through its website at www.seda.gov.my and stakeholder engagement workshops.

FiT is a policy mechanism administered and managed by SEDA Malaysia as provided under the Renewable Energy Act.

Ongkili said the allocation for FiT quota is still available for the next eight years after 2017 for non-solar PV technology. To mark Sabah's and Labuan's inaugural participation in FiT, he added, there is a special solar PV quota of 5MW for non-individual applications there for capacity of above 425kW and up to 2MW.

As at end Feb 2014, RM4.8 million has been paid out to biogas, RM4.86 million to small hydro, RM37.8 million to biomass and RM40.9 million to solar PV, Ongkili said

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能源部长：再生能源电力回购制 配额下月开放申请 FIT SEDA

能源部长：再生能源电力回购制 配额下月开放申请

二零一四年四月二日 凌晨一时二十五分

■ 麦西慕宣布，再生能源电力回购制（FiT）配额将会从5月2日开放申请。

（吉隆坡1日讯）能源、绿色工艺及水务部部长拿督斯里麦西慕宣布，西马半岛、沙巴和纳闽直辖区的再生能源电力回购制（FiT）配额将会从5月2日开放申请。

他今天在国会走廊召开记者会说，电力回购制将从下月开始开放申请，让业者们有一个月的时间作出准备。

他续说，今年提供给商用营运者申请的电力回购制固打共有86兆瓦（MW），涵盖了由生物质（biomass），沼气（biogas）、小水电（Small Hydro）、个人太阳能光伏（PV）、非个人太阳能光伏和新增的社区太阳能光伏所生产的再生能源。

他也说，配合沙巴和纳闽首次参与电力回购制，政府决定让沙巴和纳闽额外获得5兆瓦的太阳能光伏再生能源固打。

麦西慕也指出，随着今年1月1日进行的电力检讨，电力回购制也将会在沙巴和纳闽进行，而为了增加再生能源的基金，政府也决定调整所有参与的州属所贡献给再生能源基金的收费至1.6%。

政府是从2011年12月1日开始落实在电费中额外增收1%，以作为贡献再能能源基金，鼓励人们参与电力回购计划。不过，本地消费者若每月用电量 少过300千瓦时将可享有豁免。

http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2014/04/02/17.html

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麥西慕：電力收購制5月開放申請 FIT SEDA Malaysia

麥西慕：電力收購制5月開放申請

2014-04-02 10:34

（吉隆坡1日訊）能源、綠色工藝及水務部拿督斯里麥西慕宣佈，半島、東馬沙巴和納閩直轄區的再生能源電力收購制（FEED-IN TARIFF）配額，將從5月2日起開放申請。

他指出，政府在今年1月檢討電力收購制，同意把這個制度蓋括東馬沙巴和納閩直轄區，而各州參與再生能源計劃的州屬也同意調整至1.6%，以增加再生能源基金。

86兆瓦供商用營運者申請

他今日在國會走廊召開記者會說，今年提供給商用營運者申請的電力收購制固打共有86兆瓦（MW），涵蓋了由生物質（biomass）、沼氣（biogas）、小水電（Small Hydro）、個人太陽能光伏（PV）、非個人太陽能光伏和新增的社區太陽能光伏所生產的再生能源。

“電力收購制將從下月開始開放申請，讓業者們有一個月的時間作準備，包括出席聆聽該部舉行的匯報會，讓業者們先熟悉和瞭解這技術。”

他指出，由於東馬的兩個地方皆首次參與電力回購制活動，政府決定讓沙巴和納閩額外獲取5兆瓦的非個人太陽能光伏再生能源固打。

（星洲日報）http://news.sinchew.com.my/topic/node/429942?tid=751

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2014 Malaysia SOLAR FIT Quota Release Date CONFIRMED on 2nd May 2014 (Friday)

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STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF ENERGY, GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND WATER DATUK SERI PANGLIMA DR. MAXIMUS ONGKILI ON THE FEED-IN TARIFF QUOTA ON APRIL 1, 2014

 

1.          The Malaysian Government since the 8th Malaysia Plan in 2001 has embedded renewable energy into the energy mix. The rationale for this is to increase the country’s energy security, autonomy and to address climate change. This is in particular to reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuel and to utilize indigenous resources that are renewable. As such, the Government has implemented the Small Renewable Energy Power (SREP) programme which spanned a decade concluding 2010. However, as at the end of 2010, the renewable energy (RE) projects connected to the

grid was only 61.2 MW.

2.          To encourage the growth of Renewable Energy in the country, the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA) came out with the National RE Policy and Action Plan (NREPAP) that was approved by the Cabinet on 2nd April 2010. The core framework of the NREPAP was centred on the implementation of the feed-in tariff (FiT) which was introduced on 1st  December 2011 in peninsular Malaysia whereby

there is an additional charge of 1% to the electricity bills which goes to the RE fund to

allow people to participate in the FiT programme. However, domestic electricity consumers with less than 300 kWh consumption of electricity per month are exempted from such contribution.

3.          Currently, the percentage of approved Feed-in Tariff projects is 2% of the total electricity generating capacity. This is based on 537.97 MW of RE capacity approved under the FiT with baseline of 27,179 MW of total electricity generating capacity in the country since 2010. Our target is for Renewable Energy to constitute 5% of the energy mix in 2015.

4.          With the tariff review effective Jan 1, 2014, the FiT will also include the state of Sabah and WP Labuan. The contribution into the RE fund has also been revised to 1.6% for all participating states to increase the fund for renewable energy.

5.          With this, I would like to announce The Feed-in Tariff (FiT) quota for Peninsula Malaysia, Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan which will be released for application on 2nd of May 2014.

6.       The quota release for 2014 marks an important milestone in the implementation of the FiT mechanism as the state of Sabah, and Federal Territory of Labuan will be participating in the FiT mechanism for the first time. The total FiT quota allocated for commercial operation by end of this year will be 65 MW and this covers the renewable energy sources of biogas, biomass, biomass (solid waste), small hydro, solar photovoltaics (PV) for the individuals, solar PV for the non-individuals, and a new category for solar PV for community.

7.       In addition to the inclusion of the state of Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan, the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water has also revised five of

the subsidiary legislations including those concerned with the Displaced Cost (DC) and the Technical and Operational Requirements (T&O) rules.

8.       The DC has been revised upwards to reflect the increase in the cost of supply of electricity in Peninsular, Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan. The new DC will allow more quotas to be released from the expected amount of the Renewable Energy Fund (RE Fund) to be collected.

9.       Whereas the amendment to the T&O subsidiary legislations  include changes to some of the definitions in the subsidiary legislations in order to standardise them with the definitions used under the Electricity Supply Act 1990 and its associated regulations. The amendment will also result in a reduction in transaction cost incurred by renewable energy developers. For example, Solar PV installations with capacity of 12kW up to 425kW will only incur a connection confirmation check cost of between RM1,000 and RM5,000.

10.       Previously, installations exceeding 180kW up to 1 MW require a Power System Study (PSS) that costs RM20,000.

11.       Further refinements have been made to the FiT quota application process for large-scale solar PV exceeding 425 kW. Application for this category must be submitted manually to SEDA Malaysia. The applications must comply with all existing requirements under the e-FiT system as well as other additional conditions that will be disseminated  by  SEDA  Malaysia  through  their  website  at  www.seda.gov.my  and

stakeholders engagement workshops.

12.       The FiT is a policy mechanism administered and managed by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia as provided for under the Renewable Energy Act (Act 725).

13.       Below is the quota for 2014 as well as estimation for the following years until 2017:

Table 1: Schedule of Available RE Quota (MW) based on Commercial Operational Year (2014-2017)

Source/ Technology	2014	2015	2016	2017
Biogas	10	15	15	15
Biomass	15	18	20	20
Biomass (Solid Waste)				15
Small hydro			50	100
Solar PV for. Ind	10	15	15	15
Solar PV for. Non Ind <425 kW	10	20	20	24
Solar PV for .Non Ind >425 kW	15	34	33
Solar PV for Community	5	7	7	7
Geothermal			30

14.       However, the allocation for FiT quota is still available for the next 8 years after 2017 for non-solar PV technology.

15.         To mark Sabah and WP Labuan’s inaugural participation in the FiT, there is a special solar PV quota of 5MW for non-individual applications for Sabah  and WP Labuan for application capacity of above 425kW and up to 2MW. To conclude, I wish to inform that as at end of February 2014, RM4.8million has been paid out to biogas, RM4.86million to small hydro, RM37.8million to biomass and RM40.9million to solar PV.

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