- Malaysia’s maiden large-scale green hydrogen project is planned to be powered by floating solar PV capacity
- The Perak located green hydrogen and storage project is estimated to cost a total investment of MYR 1.88 billion
- Semarak Renewable Energy has brought on board Chinese EPC player PowerChina to build the same
Malaysia’s Semarak Renewable Energy and China’s PowerChina International will build what they call will be Malaysia’s 1st large-scale green hydrogen production facility, which will be powered by floating solar PV generation.
The MYR 1.88 billion ($398 million) contract was announced recently in a joint statement by the duo. According to local media reports, the project for the development of the green hydrogen and storage project along with floating solar plant will be located in the Perak region of Malaysia.
The 2 partners have not shared the details of individual capacities of either the green hydrogen or the floating solar plants.
PowerChina comes to the table with its extensive experience in renewable energy projects globally, including the largest floating solar PV plant in Southeast Asia, the 192 MW DC/145 MW AC Cirata project in Indonesia (see SE Asia’s Largest Floating Solar Plant Inaugurated).
Floating solar power plants on hydro dam reservoirs are part of Malaysia’s energy roadmap to increase the share of renewables in the national energy mix. National utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is tasked with building 2.5 GW of hybrid hydro-floating solar PV capacity under the roadmap (see Malaysia’s National Energy Transition Roadmap Part 1).
