Malaysia's Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) will allocate up to 190 megawatts (MW) of feed-in tariff (FiT) quota for the development of biogas, biomass and mini-hydro projects through an e-bidding process.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof announced the move, reported The Edge Malaysia. The initiative forms part of the nation's strategy to stimulate adoption of non-solar renewable energy mechanisms.
"This move aims to diversify our power generation mix while ensuring the security and reliability of our energy system, as well as identifying potential areas for bioenergy development," said Fadillah during his speech at the sixth International Sustainable Energy Summit (ISES) yesterday (20 August).
He later confirmed the FiT quota allocation will undergo an open tender process, timings for which Seda will announce soon.
Previously, Seda had ended new FiT awards, with the last allocation in 2023 totaling 36.5MW, distributed among 21 biogas projects and one biomass project.
Over the past three years, Seda has awarded a total of 555 MW FiT quota across biogas, biomass, and mini-hydro projects.
Malaysia announces 190MW feed-in tariff quota for biogas, biomass projects
