Govt to allocate RM2bil for National Energy Transition Facility, says PM

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The government will allocate RM2bil as seed funding for the National Energy Transition Facility (NETF), says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.  In his speech at the launch of Phase 2 of the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR), the Prime Minister on Tuesday (Aug 29) said the allocation is important given the state of Malaysia’s young decarbonisation technologies.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/38nwpfzv  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Energy efficiency, as one of the energy transition levers, offers effective long-term solutions

00:13 to manage our energy consumption, thus reducing carbon emissions.

00:19 The government will launch a major retrofit programme to enhance energy efficiency in

00:26 government buildings.

00:28 In this regard, an ESCO energy service companies platform will be established to connect private

00:37 ESCOs, which are mainly SMEs, with government projects.

00:44 The central role of the platform would be to serve as an intermediary that pulls government

00:50 building retrofitting projects and encourages public-private coordination in ESCO markets.

00:59 In May this year, the government set out an ambitious target to achieve 70% renewable

01:09 energy installed capacity by 2050 and lifted the ban on cross-border trade and renewable

01:18 energy.

01:19 A renewable energy exchange will be established.

01:23 Originally it was supposed to be at the end of the year, but Rafizieh insisted it should

01:26 be earlier.

01:27 So that will act as a market aggregator that will enable price discovery and monetise excess

01:35 power.

01:36 As the paramount challenge in energy transition is financing, it is estimated that an investment

01:43 of at least 1.5 trillion ringgit between 2023 and 2050 is needed to enable responsible energy

01:52 transition.

01:53 Within this decade alone, the government requires between 60 billion and 90 billion ringgit

02:00 to be allocated for crucial projects, among others expansion of public transportation,

02:07 strengthening grid infrastructure and reskilling of human capital.

02:13 Considering Malaysia's current state of mature decarbonisation technologies, our progress

02:19 will significantly hinge on alternative energy sources and robust regional and international

02:27 collaboration.

02:29 In this regard, the government will allocate 2 billion ringgit as seed fund for the National

02:36 Energy Transition Facility.

02:39 This facility will enable catalytic blended finance to ensure a seamless flow of financial

02:47 resources towards energy transition projects that are marginally bankable or yielding below

02:55 market returns.

02:56 For example, investment in EV value chain, hydrogen and CCUS technologies.

03:04 The National Energy Council will be activated to ensure holistic energy planning and policy

03:10 development while monitoring progress of the NETR.

03:14 Thank you.

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