Malaysia's TNB to utilize waste energy

Tenaga Nasional Bhd will purchase energy generated from municipal solid waste .

It has signed a Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement or Reppa with Core Competencies Sdn Bhd.

The move marked a new era for the national energy company in promoting energy generation using green technology.

Core Competencies chairman Datuk Ariffin Aton said through the agreement, the national utility company will purchase energy generated from its Semenyih, Selangor plant for 42 sen per KW/hour, over three times higher than the rate of normal IPP of 13 sen.

The agreement, for a tenure of 21 years, would see the company initially providing 64 megawatt of electricity per day.

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