Next round of FiT quota allocation next month

Next round of FiT quota allocation next month

Updated: Saturday April 12, 2014 MYT 7:38:38 AM 

K.K.Kong of EcoSensa Technologies Sdn Bhd (1st from left), Badriyah (second from right) and Ali (3rd from right) with participants at a briefing yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA: The next round of feed-in-tariff (FiT) quota allocation for homeowners and small-scale renewable energy (RE) projects, that includes biogas and mini-hydro, will start from May 2.

The Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA) will also allow, for the first time, community places such as schools, mosques, churches and welfare homes to apply for FiT quotas.
“We expect to receive about 100 applications from the community category,” Seda chief executive officer Datin Badriyah Abdul Malek told reporters on the sidelines of a briefing.

Previously, this group had to compete for quotas in the commercial category.

Seda has allocated a quota of five megawatts this year for the community category, with maximum size of 24 kilowatts per site.
Seda is offering 65 MW in RE quota for 2014.
More than half of the allocation is reserved for solar. The four RE resources that are eligible for FiT are biogas, biomass, small hydropower and solar photovoltaic.
The FiT programme is funded by electricity consumers who contribute 1% of their total power bill towards the Renewable Energy Fund.
To improve efficiency, the fund plans to stop paying the additional 26 sen per kilowatt incentive that was previously enjoyed by homeowners who replaced their rooftops with special solar panels.
“Seda is seriously considering to totally remove this particular bonus for the installation of solar PV as building materials or also known as building integrated photovoltaic next year,” said chief operating officer Dr Ali Aska Sher Mohamad.
 

Construction : http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/04/12/Next-round-of-FiT-quota-allocation-next-month/

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FiT dapat sambutan hebat

FiT dapat sambutan hebat

Oleh Siti A’isyah Sukaimi sitiaisyah@hmetro.com.my
12.Apr.2014

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya Datin Badriyah Abd Malek berkata, peruntukan kuota sebanyak 5 MW yang diperkenalkan tahun ini merangkumi institusi pendidikan awam, rumah ibadat serta rumah kebajikan di seluruh negara. “Kita menjangkakan menerima kira-kira 100 permohonan bagi kategori berkenaan daripada kumpulan itu. “Langkah memperkenalkan kategori baru ini dibuat selepas kita menerima banyak permintaan daripada pihak berkenaan yang mahu terbabit dengan FiT,” katanya ketika ditemui media selepas taklimat berkenaan permohonan bagi FiT 2014, di sini, semalam. Hadir sama, Ketua Pegawai Operasi SEDA Malaysia Dr Ali Askar Sher Mohamad.
Pada 2 April lalu, Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air (KeTTHA) mengumumkan permohonan kelulusan FiT untuk Semenanjung, Sabah dan Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan boleh dibuat bermula 2 Mei ini.

Menterinya Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili dilaporkan berkata, jumlah kuota FiT diperuntukkan untuk operasi komersial pada akhir tahun ini adalah 65 MW meliputi sumber tenaga boleh diperbaharui (RE) seperti biogas, biomas, biomas (sisa pepejal), hidro kecil, fotovoltaik solar (PV) bagi individu, solar PV untuk bukan individu dan satu kategori baru solar PV bagi masyarakat.

Badriyah berkata, permintaan yang semakin meningkat itu disebabkan ia boleh dijadikan sebagai sumber kewangan tambahan kepada institusi masing-masing. Sebelum ini, Badriyah berkata, kelompok bagi kategori komuniti terpaksa bersaing dengan kategori komersial yang mempunyai latar belakang kewangan lebih kukuh berbanding mereka. “Kita mendengar rungutan daripada mereka berhubung persaingan sengit yang dihadapi dengan kategori komersial. Mengambil kira perkara ini, kita mengasingkan mereka dengan memperkenalkan kategori baru. “Malah, bukan semua permohonan boleh diluluskan sewenang-wenangnya untuk memasuki semua kategori. Mereka perlu memenuhi peraturan dan semua perkara yang dikehendaki dalam syarat permohonan,” katanya. Sementara itu, beliau berkata, kapasiti maksimum yang akan diberikan kepada setiap permohonan daripada komuniti adalah 24 KW (kilowatt) bagi setiap tapak solar fotovoltan. “Kita meletakkan maksimum 24 KW kerana tidak mahu mereka membuat perniagaan daripada itu,” katanya.

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電力收購制增社區配額‧政府學校可產電開源

電力收購制增社區配額‧政府學校可產電開源
2014-04-11 17:34

 

大馬永續能源發展機構主辦再生能源電力收購制匯報會，向出席者講解申請配額程序；左一起为K.K.Kong of EcoSensa Technologies Sdn Bhd， 右二起為芭麗雅馬力及阿里阿斯卡。（圖：星洲日報）

（布城11日訊）再生能源電力收購制（Feed In Tariff）配額從5月2日起開放申請，今年將增設社區配額給各源流學校包括獨中、宗教場所及福利機構等申請，協助減輕負擔。

大馬永續能源發展機構（SEDA）首席執行員拿汀芭麗雅馬力指出，社區單位原本歸納在商業配額組別，惟難以和商用業者競爭，因此，他們決定將學校、宗教場所及福利機構劃分出來。

她說，今年新批准的社區配額共有5兆瓦mw），每個單位申請最高不超過24千瓦（kw），並開放給國小、國民型小學、宗教小學、國中、國民型中學、寄宿學校、技職學校及國民宗教中學申請。

她說，禮拜場所包括清真寺、教堂及寺廟，還有註冊福利院如孤兒院、療養院及老人院，也可提出申請。

不開放國際學校申請

不過，她表示，社區配額不開放給國際學校申請，至於私人學校則胥視條款，如果財務狀況穩定則不獲考慮，因為這主要作為相關機構額外收入，協助減輕營運成本的負擔。

“大部份申請者都希望藉此減輕營運成本的負擔，我不認為財務狀況穩定的機構需要額外收入。”

她今日出席由大馬永續能源發展機構主辦的再生能源電力收購制匯報會後，受詢時如是指出。

政府今年共提供65兆瓦電力收購制配額給西馬、東馬沙巴和納閩直轄區申請，其中，太陽能光伏個 人配額為10兆瓦、商業配額（高達425千瓦）為10兆瓦、商業配額（425千瓦以上至1兆瓦）為15兆瓦、社區配額為5兆瓦、沼氣（biogas）配額 為10兆瓦及生物質（biomass）配額為15兆瓦。

芭麗雅馬力預料再生能源電力收購制配額開放申請後，太陽能光伏個人配額可接獲逾2千個申請，而商業配額或有1千個申請，至於社區配額則約100個。

個人配額申請超額

她直言，個人配額的申請讓人鼓舞，甚至會出現超額現象，不過，今年至2017年有很多配額供申請。

她指出，在此之前，配額完了就不允許提呈申請，但現在所有申請者都有機會，“如果有2千人提呈申請，我們將發出2千個編號，而今年申請不到配額的，來年還有新配額供申請。”

出席者包括大馬永續能源發展機構首席營運員阿里阿斯卡等。

（星洲日報） http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/359373?tid=1

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Additional 65MW of renewable energy production under FiT up for grabs at 2 May 2014

FIT RATE SEDA 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Published: Thursday April 3, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM 

http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/04/03/Additional-65MW-of-RE-under-FiT-up-for-grabs-from-May-2/

PETALING JAYA: Come May 2, a quota of an additional 65MW of renewable energy (RE) will be up for grabs for parties wanting to produce this under the feed-in-tariff (FiT) programme for 2014. The quota for 2015 is being increased to 109MW.

This is according to a statement by Energy, Green Technology And Water Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili, who said the quota release for 2014 marked an important milestone in the implementation of the FiT mechanism as Sabah and Labuan would be participating in the mechanism for the first time.

He reiterated that the RE sources that fall under the FiT include biogas, biomass, biomass (solid waste), small hydro and solar photovoltaics (PV).

Of the 65MW total RE quota of 2014, more than half of the allocation is for solar PV. Biogas and biomass would be allocated 10MW and 15MW respectively for 2014.

SEDA has also announced that the RE quota for 2016 will be 190MW while for 2017 it will be 196MW. Maximus added that projects under the FiT had generated 2% of the country’s total generating capacity.

This is based on 537.97MW of RE capacity approved under the FiT since 2010, compared with the country’s total electricity generating capacity of 27,179MW in the same period.

“Our target is for RE to constitute 5% of the energy mix in 2015,” said Maximus.

Meanwhile, further refinements have been made to the FiT quota application process for large-scale solar PV exceeding 425kW.

Application for this category must be submitted manually to Seda. The application must comply with all existing requirements under the e-FiT system as well as other conditions that will be disseminated by Seda through its website and stakeholders engagement workshops.

The minister said that as at end-February 2014, RM4.8mil has been paid out to biogas, RM4.86mil to small hydro, RM37.8mil to biomass and RM40.9mil to solar PV.

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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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