Malaysia approves 13 large-scale solar projects with capacity of 1,975 megawatts

[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s government has approved 13 large-scale solar projects with a total capacity of 1,975 megawatts, the energy transition ministry said on Tuesday (Sep 2).

The large-scale solar generation projects – including one of Malaysia’s largest floating solar projects with a capacity of 200 megawatts – will begin generating and supplying electricity in 2027 and 2028, the Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation said in a statement.

The ministry, through the Energy Commission, in January opened a bidding process under its fifth large-scale solar programme for contracts to supply a combined total of 2,000 megawatts worth of solar-generated electricity.

Since the first such programme in 2016, 4,263 megawatts worth of solar generation have been approved, the ministry said.

It did not disclose the identity of winning bidders.

“The Ministry is confident that the implementation of this initiative will contribute significantly to the country’s energy transition aspirations to increase the renewable energy capacity mix in the national electricity supply system to 70 per cent by 2050,” it said. REUTERS