The power reserve margin in Peninsular Malaysia has been projected to be between 28% and 36% from this year until 2030, which is above the minimum level necessary to cope with the demand for electricity in the event of supply disruptions at any power plants, and will provide sufficient reserves to cope with demand for charging electric vehicles, Bernama has reported.
The forecast energy demand to supply industrial and electric transportation needs was discussed and approved at the JPPPET meeting last November, Akmal Nasrullah said.
“For example, the projected electricity supply demand in Peninsular Malaysia for this year is 19,480 megawatts, and we expect it to reach 20,049 megawatts by 2030, which is an increase of about 2.9%,” he said.
Factors contributing to this increase are growth in economic activity, industrial development such as the establishment of data centres, resumption of economic and social activities after the Covid-19 pandemic, and the higher projections for electric vehicles in the country.
This level of power reserve margin will be maintained according to the planning and implementation committee for electricity supply and tariff (JPPPET) in order to ensure that electricity supply costs are affordable, deputy energy transition and water transformation minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said.
“The power reserve margin includes electricity generated by power plants operated by energy-generating companies utilising gas, coal and renewable energy sources. The electricity supply from fossil and non-fossil energy generation companies will undoubtedly create source diversification for electricity supply generation to ensure the safety of the national electricity supply system,” the minister said in the Dewan Rakyat in reply to Gombak member of parliament Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.
In terms of the EV charging network in Malaysia, investment, trade and industry (MITI) minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said last October that the nation is on track to attain its target of 10,000 EV charging stations by 2025, of which 9,000 will be AC chargers and 1,000 will be DC chargers.
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To say we have enough power reserve is not good enough.
How much of our power source is “clean” ?
The whole idea of EV is to reduce carbon emission. TNB needs to play it part now to switch to clean energy at production.
battery car isn’t clean to begin with. Production of lithium battery contribute to huge carbon footprint.
Same goes to 12v/48v lead acid battery inside all ICE cars contains heavy metal and rare earth metal.
PH Gomen removing B40 subsidies to sponsor setting up EV chargers for T20s & gomen ministers fleet of taxpayer paid EVs. This gomen is clearly for the rich only.
Oversupply of electricity since so many IPP ?
I’m not defending IPP but do you know that some old power plant (especially coal) have a lot of maintenance? We do import power from neighboring countries whenever plants can’t cater peak demand.
PM7 said Bakun dam can give so much power we will never run out so why need to import? Is this another excuse for PH crony led to scam rakyat again?
Contracts given to setup during PM7-10 era.
If we don’t have enough electricity, we can just blame on the EV owners.
From Gas and Coal?
You prefer nuclear?
Yes!
Not with this incompetent gomen. We might have a Chernobyl & Fukushima combined!
Where Tesla supercharger station in Northern… Model3, even model Y oledi out.. Still Ipoh, Penang lack of Tesla supercharger… GOSH….. WHAT THE DELAY???