KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — Petrol station manager Peter Wong’s electricity bill used to be around RM280 a month but he has been smiling since installing 10 solar panels in his...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — Petrol station manager Peter Wong’s electricity bill used to be around RM280 a month but he has been smiling since installing 10 solar panels in his house last year as he enjoys almost free electricity.
The solar panel installation cost Wong over RM20,000 but after seeing the huge drop in his power bill, he was satisfied because it meant he could potentially save about RM280 per month on electricity and even have a negative balance if his household power usage comes to less than RM280 a month. “Under this scheme, we become ‘prosumers’ — producing and consuming energy at the same time,” he added.Solar technologies enable sunlight to be converted into electrical energy through solar photovoltaic panels.
Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, in a recent interview with CNBC at the Energy Asia 2023 conference here, highlighted solar energy as the most promising and viable source of RE. Norasikin said a solar panel grid system comprises an inverter, a mounting structure and an optional battery storage system which is connected to the TNB grid either through direct feed or feed-in-tariff, ensuring separate measurement and monitoring of power consumption and power generation.
“This means that lesser land conversion will be required to deploy renewables, enabling these lands to be freed up for other economic and environmental activities, he said. Ng said the higher penetration of renewables at the grid edge, like the deployment of residential rooftop solar panels, also reduces the overall need for large-scale network reinforcements to transport renewable electricity from remote sites to end-users, enabling a resource and cost-effective transition towards a more sustainable energy future.
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