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

Environmental and Climate Technologies 2016
Syed Shah Alam, Nor Fariza Mohd Nor, Maisarah Ahmad, Nik Hazrul Nik Hashim

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.

Atslēgas vārdi
Renewable energy; Alternative energy; Malaysia; Attitude; Theory of planned behaviour
DOI
10.1515/rtuect-2016-0002
Hipersaite
https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/rtuect/17/1/article-p5.xml

Alam, S., Nor, N., Ahmad, M., Hashim, N. A Survey on Renewable Energy Development in Malaysia: Current Status, Problems and Prospects. Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2016, Vol.17, 5.-17.lpp. ISSN 1691-5208. e-ISSN 2255-8837. Pieejams: doi:10.1515/rtuect-2016-0002

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)