Attractive investment policies and strategies are needed to push the energy transition, including to facilitate renewable energy (RE) adoption in sectors like manufacturing and transportation, said Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. Touching on Asean’s renewable energy industry, Nik Nazmi said there is a need for a greater and more concentrated regional collaboration, including regional roadmaps, policies and regulatory standards.

There will be no electricity tariff hike except for those in the affluent Top 20 (T20) households, assures Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. "We will not increase the electricity tariff except for the T20. "It is meant for T20s that have huge homes and we will not give electricity subsidies (to them)," he said during Question Time in Parliament on Monday (May 22).

A few updates to the RE policy were announced by NRECC together with the Ministry of Economy yesterday. The first involves a new RE capacity mix target of 70% by 2050. The current targets under the MyRER are 31% RE capacity mix by 2025 and 40% by 2035 against an RE capacity mix of 25% as of end-2022.

The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Malaysia (Malaysia Centre for 4IR) was officially launched yesterday by the Minister of Economy, Rafizi Ramli and the President of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Børge Brende. Hosted by MyDIGITAL Corporation with its CEO, Fabian Bigar also acting as Head of Malaysia Centre for 4IR.  With thematic focuses for some of the WEF’s Centres the Malaysia centre will focus on the digital economy and energy and is expected to play a crucial role in driving the advancement of both in Malaysia.

The Sabah government is exploring the possibility of producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources. State Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Phoong Jin Zhe said Sabah had a bigger prospect of moving beyond green and sustainable industries. "When we talk about renewable energy, it's not just about energy but also its industrial potential, as the end-product can be hydrogen when the process of electrolysis is carried out.

Australia plans to scale up its capability for offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) and will shortly seek public feedback on a new round of greenhouse gas storage acreage, the country’s resources minister said on Tuesday. The country, one of the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters, is banking on CCS technology to decarbonise its industries and continue expanding its LNG production to meet demand from top buyers such as Japan and South Korea.

Households with high electricity consumption will no longer enjoy government subsidies, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Households, such as those that used three fans and four air conditioners, should pay the actual cost of consumption.  

Researchers from ETH Zürich, a public research university in Switzerland, have developed an implantable fuel cell that generates electricity from excess blood glucose, potentially powering medical devices like insulin pumps, says the university in a press release. The fuel cell, resembling a small teabag, contains a copper-based nanoparticles anode that converts glucose into gluconic acid and a proton, generating electricity. When combined with artificial beta cells, the system can autonomously regulate blood sugar levels

If measuring something is the first step towards understanding it, and understanding something is necessary to be able to improve it, then good data is the key to unlocking positive change. This is particularly true in the energy sector as it seeks to decarbonize.

The infrastructure managers see solar in Southeast Asian as a growth opportunity should hardly come as a surprise. The International Renewable Energy agency (IRENA) estimates that the region enjoys an average annual irradiance rate of 1,500-2,000 kWh per square metre and could exceed 240GW in photovoltaic (PV) capacity by the end of the decade.

Malaysia is in talks with richer nations, hoping to follow its neighbours Indonesia and Vietnam in striking a finance deal to transition away from polluting coal power towards more renewable energy, the country's climate change minister said. Malaysia, which relies on coal and natural gas for 75 percent of its power needs, is trailing its Southeast Asian neighbours on clean energy expansion - and climate experts say the new government should tap more global green funding to cut carbon emissions, tackle the effects of warming and protect nature.

The government has lifted the ban on exports of renewable energy (RE), as part of a policy review to enable debottlenecking of the growth in the energy industry, said Economy Minister Mohd Rafizi Ramli. At a joint press conference with Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Rafizi said the government is also committed to introducing “more RE programmes based on a willing buyer, willing seller basis” to induce private-sector participation.