A feasibility study of renewable energy and carbon emission reduction in Iskandar Malaysia

Author

Tan, Siang Tong ; Ho, W.S. ; Hashim, Habibah ; Lee, C.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Environ. Eng., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

fYear

2014

fDate

19-21 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Malaysia is currently a net energy exporter with high energy dependency on fossil fuel. Concerns about energy security, the fluctuation of fuel price and climate change are driving significant of renewable energy (RE), a prominent resource for global electricity generation towards sustainable development. This paper presents a comprehensive feasibility analysis on potential RE in Iskandar Malaysia (IM), the third largest metropolis and the most developed region in the Southern Peninsula of Malaysia. Five major RE resource are considered in this study: biogas, solar, biomass, and municipal solid waste (MSW) and mini hydro. The potential RE generation in year 2025 from different source are analysed. Investigation on the potential of carbon reduction is calculated with consideration of fossil fuel displacement and GHG avoidances. Apart from environmental indicator, economic potential on RE included investment cost and carbon reduction cost are evaluated.

Keywords

renewable energy sources; sustainable development; carbon emission reduction; climate change; energy security; fossil fuel; fuel price; global electricity generation; net energy exporter; renewable energy; sustainable development; Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Electric potential; Electricity; Fossil fuels; Power generation; Renewable energy (RE); biogas; biomass; municipal solid waste (MSW); solar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Energy for Sustainable Development (ICUE), 2014 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Pattaya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2628-2

Type

conf

Filename

6829005