Malaysia’s largest single site solar power plant commissioned

Amcorp Properties Berhad announced that it has commissioned its 10.25 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Gemas, Malaysia.

The power plant will sell power to Tenaga Nasional Berhad under a 21-year power purchase agreement at a feed-in tariff of 87.4 sen/kWh.

The facility includes 41,076 solar panels, generating an average of 1 million kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity monthly. The plant started operation in January this year and was completed within a time frame of four months.

Amcorp said that it wants to further explore new prospects of renewable energy business in Indonesia, especially for the development of mini-hydro power plants given the natural landscapes of Indonesia, as well as the current low ratio of installed capacity versus population.

In 2006, Amcorp signed the 21-year power purchase agreement for the development of Amcorp Perting 4MW mini hydro power plant in Bentong, Pahang.  The plant was commissioned in 2009 and has garnered the prestigious ASEAN Energy Awards 2012 and the Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia Silver Award of Merit 2013. Currently, the company is working to expand its capacity to 6 MW.

In addition, Amcorp is developing another mini hydro power plant project in Sg Liang, Pahang. The 17-MW plant will be jointly developed under the FIT Scheme of SEDA with TNB Energy Services Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad. The plant is expected to commence operations in 2017.

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