Malaysia's TNB to buy solar energy from ex-landfill site

Cypark will start selling electricity from its solar farm to Tenaga Nasional Berhad on March 28.

TNB has a 21-year contract to absorb all the output from the Pajam solar farm starting at 95 sen per kilowatt, according to  Daud Ahmad, CEO of Cypark.  

The Pajam solar park is capable of producing 11,712 MW annually with expected annual sales of over RM11 million.

Cypark said that following the completion of solar power plants in Johor, Perlis, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan, it expects an annual turnover of RM45 million from 2013.

Daud said that his company has chosen to operate out of former landfill sites as the land is put to better use.

“All our solar and biogas plants will be on landfills,” said Daud at a press conference here. “We will not use land that has competing uses. We will use degraded land.”

The Pajam solar farm sits on a now closed landfill site that was expected to be unproductive for 20 years.

The other landfill sites in Negeri Sembilan that will be closed include Bukit Palong, Kuala Sawah and Kuala Pilah.

Cypark also plans to start another five renewable energy projects in Negeri Sembilan in addition to its current project in Pajam just outside Nilai.

Cypark said in a statement that following the completion of solar power plants in Johor, Perlis, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan, it expects to have 33MW of total solar capacity and an annual turnover of RM45 million from 2013.

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