PLB Engineering Bhd’s subsidiary PLB Terang Sdn Bhd (PLBT) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Welle Environmental & Renewable Energy Sdn Bhd to jointly set up a municipal solid waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Penang. The plant will be developed on a build, operate, and transfer (BOT) basis and will have the capacity to process 1000 tons of waste per day.
The obligations of Welle will be to procure the funding and technology development costs of the build, operate and transfer (BOT) of the project.
PLBT’s obligation is to secure a waste disposal concession of not less than twenty five years from the government of Penang with suitable tipping fees and also to secure a power purchase agreement with the government of Malaysia. PLBT is also required to identify, propose and procure a suitable site for the WTE plant in the Pulau Burung landfill area in Penang.
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June 04, 2020
Malaysia launches tender for 1 GW Large Scale Solar (LSS) procurement programme Round 4
The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources through the Energy Commission of the Malaysian Government has launched a request for proposal (RFP) for the proposed 1 GW solar photovoltaic proj...
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February 07, 2020
BayWa commissions 39 MWp solar PV project in Gebeng
BayWa r.e., with the assistance of its Malaysian local partner HD Earth Sdn. Bhd, has reached commercial operation of the 39 MWp solar plant in Gebeng, Pahang. Construction on the complex project, wh...
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January 13, 2020
Solarpack wins a PPA contract for 116 MW Suria Sungai Petani solar project in Kedah
Solarpack has won an award of a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for one of its projects under development in Malaysia. The award, which is the result of the competitive process launched by th...
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September 03, 2019
Pöyry awarded Owner’s Engineer services assignment for a new solar PV power plant project in Malaysia
Pöyry has been awarded with an Owner’s Engineer (OE) services assignment for a 30 MWac large scale solar photovoltaic power plant project by Redsol Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Scatec Solar, a...
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July 17, 2019
Scatec Solar commissions 66 MW Merchang solar plant in Malaysia
Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected its third solar power plant in Malaysia, the 66 MW (DC) Merchang plant. The company now has a total of 197 MW in operation in the country. The Merchang p...
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