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SEB Signs First Agreement for Biomass Energy
SEB Signs First Agreement for Biomass Energy
13/03/2014 (Borneo Post) - State energy provider Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) yesterday announced that the very first Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement (REPPA) was signed on March 4 between SEB and Olive Energy Sdn Bhd.
According to a press release from SEB yesterday, the signing of the REPPA is a key indicator of SEB’s commitment to provide clean renewable energy by diversifying its energy mix, which currently comprises fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, diesel) and hydropower.
“The agreement will see SEB purchasing energy from an alternative source and that is biomass energy.
“By diversifying the generation mix, it reduces dependence on depleting energy sources like fossil fuels,” it said.
The REPPA is the first of its kind in Sarawak. It is for the development of a 10 megawatt (MW) biomass power plant situated at about 12 kilometres from Mukah Town, right in the heartland of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE).
The source of the renewable energy is palm oil biomass from the Rinwood Pelita Plantation, which includes empty fruit bunch, palm kernel shell, mesocarp fiber and biogas from palm oil mill effluent.
According to a press release from SEB yesterday, the signing of the REPPA is a key indicator of SEB’s commitment to provide clean renewable energy by diversifying its energy mix, which currently comprises fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, diesel) and hydropower.
“The agreement will see SEB purchasing energy from an alternative source and that is biomass energy.
“By diversifying the generation mix, it reduces dependence on depleting energy sources like fossil fuels,” it said.
The REPPA is the first of its kind in Sarawak. It is for the development of a 10 megawatt (MW) biomass power plant situated at about 12 kilometres from Mukah Town, right in the heartland of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE).
The source of the renewable energy is palm oil biomass from the Rinwood Pelita Plantation, which includes empty fruit bunch, palm kernel shell, mesocarp fiber and biogas from palm oil mill effluent.