Electricity sector in Malaysia
The electricity sector in Malaysia ranges from generation, transmission, distribution and sales of electricity in the country.
Regulators
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Electricity in Malaysia is regulated by:
- Tenaga Nasional for Peninsular Malaysia
- Sarawak Energy for Sarawak
- Sabah Electricity for Sabah and Labuan
Generation
[edit]Installed capacity
[edit]The installed capacity in Peninsular Malaysia in 2014 was 8,636 MW.[1]
Power generation
[edit]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
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Transmission and distribution
[edit]Transmission
[edit]Interconnection
[edit]Power grid in Malaysia is interconnected to Singapore and Thailand.[2]
Load
[edit]Peak load
[edit]The peak load in Peninsular Malaysia in 2014 was 16,901 MW.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Tenaga Nasional Annual Report 2014" (PDF). Tenaga Nasional. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Malaysia's changing power sector". Power Engineering International. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Kinloch, Robert F. (June 1966). "The Growth of Electric Power Production in Malaya". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 56 (2): 220–235.