Electricity sector in Malaysia

Summary

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

Tenaga Nasional headquarters office in Kuala Lumpur.

Regulators edit

 
Sabah Electricity headquarters office in Sabah.

Electricity in Malaysia is regulated by:

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 edit

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

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

  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 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.