Report
Published:
Malaysia: How to Scale Up Investment in Renewable Energy
Written by
Roman Vakulchuk
Senior Research Fellow, Head of Research group on climate and energy
Indra Overland
Research Professor
Haakon Fossum Sagbakken
Former employee
Hoy-Yen Chan
Muhammad Rizki Kresnawan
Monika Merdekawati
Ed.
Summary:
Malaysia set a target of 20% renewables in the energy mix by 2025, an 18% increase from the 2% it had in 2018. One of the planned measures is the development of large-scale solar power. To reach the target, it will be necessary to attract a total of USD 8 billion of renewable energy investment during this period. Considering the fact that Malaysia attracted only USD 2.5 billion from 2006 to 2018, the country will need to attract USD 1.3 billion on average every year from 2019. To achieve this, it will need to undertake serious reform measures to improve the investment climate for renewables and conditions for renewable energy deployment. Given the ever-increasing global competition for renewable energy investment, the rapid implementation of such reforms becomes an imperative. This in turn requires strong governance. We propose five actions that can improve the attractiveness of Malaysia’s investment climate for renewable energy to 2025 and beyond: reform energy governance in favour of renewable energy; ensure streamlined management of the regulatory framework for renewable energy; develop a framework for easier grid connection and use; enhance awareness-raising measures for investors; make market entry easy and attractive.
- Published year: 2020
- Publisher: ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)
- Page count: 3
- Language: English
- Journal: ACE Policy Brief Series
- URL 1: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341793894
- URL 2: https://www.academia.edu/43231546/Malaysia_How_to_Scale_Up_Investment_in_Renewable_Energy
- URL 3:
Written by
Roman Vakulchuk
Senior Research Fellow, Head of Research group on climate and energy
Indra Overland
Research Professor
Haakon Fossum Sagbakken
Former employee
Hoy-Yen Chan
Muhammad Rizki Kresnawan
Monika Merdekawati