Generate more renewable energy to overcome depleting resources, says energy commission
HANOI, Jan 9 (Bernama) -- The Energy Commission of Malaysia is set to increase the percentage of electricity generated from renewable energy (RE) to 5.5% compared with less than one per cent currently.
Chief executive officer Datuk Ir Ahmad Fauzi Hasan said the higher percentage was achievable through the establishment of the Sustainable Energy Development Authority.
"We have the RE Act, feed-in tariff mechanism, infrastructures needed as well as the system, insyaallah (God willing) we can achieve it.
"We need the Act as our fossil fuel, gas and oil are depleting. We need to find something that can be an alternative substitute. The other thing is our climate has to be protected," he told Bernama on the sidelines of the 11th Hitachi Young Leadership Initiative (HYLI) programme here.
HYLI is a community relations programme organised by Hitachi where four best and brightest students from seven Asian participating countries meet to discuss current and regional issues.
Earlier, in his presentation on "Seeking Sustainable Energy Options", Ahmad said the Japanese culture in adopting efficient energy use should be emulated. "It should be the ultimate goal if a country wants consumers to use their resources efficiently, he said.
Elaborating further, Ahmad said Malaysians need to appreciate the subsidies given by the government, without which, the price of electricity and fuel resources would be expensive.
"Basically, the government is rationalising the subsidy so that we can slowly move towards the market price. Then, people would know the true cost of the resource. Hopefully, that would be more efficient," he added.
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