Eyes on Sabah's power reserve margin as hot weather spikes electricity demand
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) is taking a cautious approach towards power supply distribution in view of the ongoing hot spell.
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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) is taking a cautious approach towards power supply distribution in view of the ongoing hot spell.
On May 3, 2023, a divided FERC voted 3-1 to deny a widely-supported complaint by multiple utilities in the Southwest Power Pool (“SPP”) region arguing that the absence of the new 15%...
Lack Of Enough Generation Capacity Cause Of Current ‘Dumsor’ – IES
Lack Of Enough Generation Capacity Cause Of Current ‘Dumsor’ – IES
But is this true? And is too much solar a good thing? Let’s explore this further. Solar is available only during the day, thus you still need to cater for energy during the night. This will normally be provided by other conventional plants (i.e coal, gas and hydro). This means that conventional plants are still needed even though solar is introduced into the system. Alternatively, battery can also be used to store some of the solar energy for the night. However, this comes as an additional cost. Battery technology is still new and expensive with a current price tag of RM5000/kW, compared wi...