Malaysia’s first geothermal power plant to open in Tawau

Press conference by Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili on electric tariff which is remain unchange as last year in Putrajaya.MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will be home to Malaysia’s first geothermal power plant, to be developed by the Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE) at a proposed site in Apas Kiri, Tawau, soon.

Set to export 30 Megawatt (MW) to the Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) grid under the Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) scheme, the geothermal energy technology is considered as both very green with extremely low carbon footprints and has very high availability and reliability rate as clearly demonstrated in other operating plants worldwide.