Electricity sector in Malaysia

Tenaga Nasional headquarters office in Kuala Lumpur.

The electricity sector in Malaysia ranges from generation, transmission, distribution and sales of electricity in the country.

Regulators

Sabah Electricity headquarters office in Sabah.

Electricity in Malaysia is regulated by:

  • Tenaga Nasional for Peninsular Malaysia
  • Sarawak Energy for Sarawak
  • Sabah Electricity for Sabah and Labuan

Generation

Installed capacity

The installed capacity in Peninsular Malaysia in 2014 was 8,636 MW.[1]

Power generation

Power generation in Peninsular Malaysia in 2014 came from natural gas (53.8%), coal (35.3%), hydropower (10.3%), distillates (0.6%) and MFO (0.04%).[1]

Power stations

2,420 MW Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Power Station in Selangor.

Transmission and distribution

Transmission

Interconnection

Power grid in Malaysia is interconnected to Singapore and Thailand.[2]

Load

Peak load

The peak load in Peninsular Malaysia in 2014 was 16,901 MW.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tenaga Nasional Annual Report 2014" (PDF). Tenaga Nasional. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Malaysia's changing power sector". Power Engineering International. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

External links

  • Kinloch, Robert F. (June 1966). "The Growth of Electric Power Production in Malaya". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 56 (2): 220–235.
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