Malaysia’s first geothermal power project found abandoned
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6, 2018, Malaysiakini. The country’s first geothermal power plant project in Sabah which should have been operational by Dec 31, 2017, has been found abandoned and overgrown with weeds, the Dewan Rakyat was told today, reported the Malaysiakini.
Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin said based on her visit to the site of the project which was implemented on July 2, 2015, the plant was not showing any progress.
“For example, drilling stopped in the third quarter of 2016 and the slim holes had been closed … all cabins and drilling equipment are no longer at the site, no workers were found there and the area is covered with overgrowth,” she said during the ministers’ question time.
She was replying to the original question by Chan Foong Hin (PH-Kota Kinabalu) who wanted the government to state the status on the construction of the power plant in Apas Kiri, Tawau.
The project which was developed by Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd appeared to have stopped operations and therefore on Aug 29, 2018, the government through the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) decided to cancel the approval given.
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