scholarly journals The Potential and Status of Renewable Energy Development in Malaysia

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Syakirah Wan Abdullah ◽  
Miszaina Osman ◽  
Mohd Zainal Abidin Ab Kadir ◽  
Renuga Verayiah
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Energy Mix ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Current Energy

The Malaysian Government has set an ambitious target to achieve a higher penetration of Renewable Energy (RE) in the Malaysian energy mix. To date, Malaysia has approximately 2% of its energy coming from RE generation sources compared to the total generation mix and targets achieving 20% penetration by 2025. The current energy mix for Malaysia power generation is mainly provided by natural gas and coal. The discussion will cover the traditional sources of generation including natural gas, coal and big hydro stations. In addition, the paper will cover in depth the potential of RE in the country, challenges, and opportunities in this sector. This study can give an initial evaluation of the Malaysian energy industry, especially for RE and can initiate further research and development in this area in order to support the Government target to achieve RE target of 20% by 2025.

scholarly journals Clean Energies for Ghana—An Empirical Study on the Level of Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3114
Author(s):  
Ephraim Bonah Agyekum ◽  
Ernest Baba Ali ◽  
Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Development And Utilization ◽  
The Government ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Despite the enormous renewable energy (RE) resources available in Ghana, the country has not seen much development and investments in the sector. Therefore, the government has committed to increasing the share of RE in the country’s electricity generation mix to some 10% by 2030. However, this cannot be achieved without the Ghanaian people’s support since the RE sector is capital intensive and requires both public and private sector participation. This study was conducted to evaluate RE’s social acceptance among Ghanaian people using the ordered logit regression model. A total of 999 valid questionnaires out of 1020 distributed questionnaires were considered for the study. The five-point Likert scale was employed to rank their willingness to accept (WTA) RE. From the results, it was observed that there is a general sense of acceptance of renewable energy among Ghanaians. However, the level of acceptance varies from one respondent to another. The study observed that a majority of the respondents (i.e., approximately 45.65%) agree to their WTA renewable energy, while 36.04% strongly agree. The results also indicate that while 6.21% and 0.3% disagree and strongly disagree, 11.81% of the respondents were indifferent regarding their willingness to accept renewable energy development and utilization in Ghana.

The Proper Role of Government in Renewable Energy Development: Theory and Practices in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 2940-2943
Author(s):  
Kai Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Proper Role ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Incentive Policies ◽  
The Government ◽  
China Today

The proper role of government in economic development is one of the biggest single issues confronting China today. The paper attempts to trace and describe the role played by the government in renewable energy development. The goals focused in the article are two ones. The first one is to explore the theoretical basis on the role of government. The second one is to examine the practices in China. Based on the analysis of theory and practices in China, the paper argues that government propelling is quite crucial to renewable energy development, and concludes that further incentive policies and implementation system should be improved.

scholarly journals A Survey on Renewable Energy Development in Malaysia: Current Status, Problems and Prospects

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Shah Alam ◽  
Nor Fariza Mohd Nor ◽  
Maisarah Ahmad ◽  
Nik Hazrul Nik Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Sustainable Renewable Energy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Private Sector Engagement

Abstract Energy demand in Malaysia is increasing over seven per cent a year, while forty per cent of the energy is supplied from conventional fossil fuel. However, a number of social barriers have mired the social acceptance of renewable energy among the users. This study investigates the current status of renewable energy, problems and future outlook of renewable energy in Malaysia. A total of 200 respondents were surveyed from Klang Valley in Malaysia. Majority of the respondents use energy to generate electricity. Although some respondents reported using solar energy, there is lack of retail availability for solar energy. The findings show that limited information on renewable energy technologies, lack of awareness, and limited private sector engagement emerged as major barriers to sustainable renewable energy development. In addition, the respondents suggest for increasing policy support from the government to make information more accessible to mass users, provide economic incentives to investors and users, and promote small-community based renewable energy projects. The study suggests that the government begin small scale projects to build awareness on renewable energy, while academically, higher learning institutions include renewable energy syllabus in their academic curriculum. The study concluded that to have sustainable renewable energy development, government’s initiative, private sector engagement and users awareness must be given priority.

scholarly journals Challenges and opportunities for animal conservation from renewable energy development

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Katzner ◽  
J. A. Johnson ◽  
D. M. Evans ◽  
T. W. J. Garner ◽  
M. E. Gompper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Animal Conservation ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

scholarly journals National strategies to promote renewable energy development: Whither Nigeria?

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-103
Author(s):  
Andrea A. Ajibade
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Energy Mix ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Legal Strategies

Renewable energy (RE) development enhances electrification, mitigates climate change and aids energy efficiency. Kenya, South Africa and Ghana, among other states within sub-Saharan Africa, have established legal regimes to integrate renewable energy into their energy mix. Through defined legal strategies for RE deployment, these states have committed to the promotion, development and utilization of RE. Despite the momentum towards renewable energy development across the region, Nigeria’s efforts fall short of establishing effective legal strategies. As Africa’s most populous nation it must do more to make RE part of its energy mix in order to impact electrification rates, mitigate climate change and aid socio-economic conditions. This article appraises the legal strategies for RE development in Kenya, South Africa and Ghana. Against this appraisal, it critically evaluates Nigeria’s legal strategies to promote and develop RE. It recommends legal reforms that are necessary to better integrate RE into Nigeria’s energy mix. The methodological approach of this article is doctrinal and library-based. It includes primary and secondary sources. Primary sources include laws, statutes, legal documents, conventions and statistics. Secondary sources include journal articles, internet sources and newspaper articles. All sources are subject to content analysis. It is expected that the article will be useful to policy and lawmakers across various tiers of government in Nigeria.Keywords: Renewable Energy Development, Electrification, Energy Efficiency, National Strategies.

scholarly journals Agree or disagree: local youth’s perception of renewable energy development

2021 ◽  
Vol 896 (1) ◽  
pp. 012038
Author(s):  
B Saputra ◽  
H Fajri ◽  
A D Akmal ◽  
N Wahyuni ◽  
H S Halawa
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Community Group ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The One

Abstract This article aims to determine the perception of local youth in renewable energy policy and governance in West Sumatra Province. The local youth we mean in this study are university students. Our previous research shows an educated and critical community group conveying their aspirations and network to form coalitions. They played an essential role in rejecting the construction of renewable energy-based power plants in West Sumatra Province. This study uses a quantitative descriptive method supported by a survey to get local youth perceptions about renewable energy development in West Sumatra Province. Our survey was conducted online and got 346 respondents. The study results show that local youth do not fully understand renewable energy and the potential in West Sumatra Province. However, they relatively agree with renewable energy development even though they are less aware of developing and managing renewable energy policies. From the government side, they consider that the most qualified government is the one whose central role is the state, hoping that people can feel the benefits of renewable energy.

scholarly journals The Problem of Non-Typical Objects in the Multidimensional Comparative Analysis of the Level of Renewable Energy Development

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5803
Author(s):  
Mateusz Piwowarski ◽  
Mariusz Borawski ◽  
Kesra Nermend
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Renewable Energy Development

The development of energy from renewable sources is one of the most important aspects of today’s energy industry. The level of this development (production of green energy) is determined by the use of a variety of methods, e.g., the methods of multicriteria and multivariate analysis. The effectiveness of these methods is affected by many factors, and one of them is the appearance of non-typical objects (outliers). This paper investigates the effectiveness of selected methods (TOPSIS, VIKOR, VMCM) in terms of computational robustness to outlier objects. The most effective method in this respect (VMCM) is then applied to study the level of development of renewable energy sources in European countries. The presented research provides the opportunity to carry out a dynamic analysis (for selected base years) of the level of energy generation from diverse renewable sources in reference to the adopted patterns and anti-patterns (European countries). The obtained results are discussed, thus confirming the effectiveness of the proposed methodological approach.

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