I really want to get more details on solar panel supplier

the one at homedec exb was only for water heater and the http://seda.gov.my/ website is kinda pain to understand :S

Im trying to go green.. maybe my first floor use solar panel to power up the light

and I wish i can power up the swimming pool motor using solar as well

you could use PV to generate electricity for your own use. the excess power generated could be sold to tnb when you have your PV system grid-connected. not necessary for your PV to generate and sell electricity to tnb only. that's the whole point of installing solar PV system in the first place; for your own consumption rather than relying 100% on power grid.

if you have got a huge area that is sufficient to generate substantial electricity and sell it to tnb for profit, then yes it's all about the selling business. the cost of 1kwp system like you mentioned will set you even RM15k-RM20k depending on the quality of the total solution. all this while there's no FiT being introduced locally and most likely it will only be implemented in 2012 (earlier they mentioned in Dec 2011 but there could be delay). so generally bipv wasn't here for users to make money out of it but rather for own consumption (for those with conscious mind on the environment) at a rather high capex. having said that, commercial/industrial users could also look into how this could help them reduce their electricity bills looking at the escalating cost and it will keep on increasing by at least 3.5% per annum (shared by CIO of TNB during a private discussion).  i'll be at the launching of SEDA office at putrajaya tomorrow and hopefully could get to find out more info on the national green initiative.

You need to consider supporting the roof, and other factor too. Additional money. Average terrace may not fit in 4KW, it need to have proper wide space. If like my house stupid sime design with odd shape roof it will have poor coverage of sun ray.

My roof got like 3 "A" shape, that make it only usable either in morning or afternoon. for roof support, it need some specialist to do it. When I ask my contractor to redesign my house roof, he don't want to redesign my roof, cause he say my roof too many "A", he advice me to get a proper roof specialist for design. And that cost me another sum

Wonder if the installation cost including the authorized roof contractor?

Hence, the FiT in Malaysia is not financed from tax revenue, instead, it will be financed by a Renewable Energy Fund which is contributed by the electricity consumers. The Government has decided electricity consumers will contribute 1% of the total electricity tariff bills issued by Tenaga Nasional Berhad to the RE Fund. Nonetheless, 75 % of the TNB’s customers who consume less than 300 kWh per month will be exempted from contributing to this Fund and the collection of 1% will be effective from 1st December 2011 onwards. I am in full support of this strategy because apart from getting the public/industries to participate and contribute to green energy development, it also promotes all parties to use energy efficiently to reduce their electricity consumption because heavy consumers of electricity would contribute more to the RE Fund.

300Kwh only? that is pretty low right? How many A/C hours you run per day? and Water heater?

Still waiting for my running bill when i move in next month.

Change the core lah.. Vote

the most effi is change to LED lighting. that`s the new trend & seriously fast going. Forget about those compact fluorescent light, giant like china are changing phase.

For other cases; saving energy appliances are the key to more lower energy consumption. Other than that; good architecture design play a role too.

For R.Energy Policy- Malaysia have alot room to clean n clear & make it more sustainable

My case im arguing about is the general unnecessary heat generation especially in during nights & indoor lighting.

just curious those solar panel motion activated led lights, the batt can manually change one ??

how the performance so far ?

Fellow forumers, heard anything about personal income tax on the FiT income?
Pretty big hit if an individual is taxed AND the donkey CAPEX cannot be depreciated.

Copied and pasted from SEDA's website (http://seda.gov.my)
27. Is income from feed-in tariffs considered taxable income?
Yes, it is taxable income and any exemptions would require a policy decision from the Government. KeTTHA will monitor the progress of renewable energy growth in the country and conduct necessary analyses before putting forth any policy recommendations on this matter.

CAGR for the locked-in 21 years contract was looking real good (above 8%pa with cleaning cost and inverter replacement every 10 years) UNTIL i factored in the personal income tax. After factoring in the income tax of 26% yearly, the CAGR falls to between 4%+ to 6%+ depending on which vendors' system implemented.

Funny lor - individuals going solar cant write-off their Capital Exp / depreciate AND has to pay income tax on FiT income, double whammy.

Applicants rush for special solar PV tariff
 
PETALING JAYA, DECEMBER 2 (The Star) -- Within the first 24 hours of opening, applications for the special tariff allocation for almost all the capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy projects had been applied for.

According to Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (Seda), applications for 140.6MW in cumulative installed capacity for solar energy had been received.

The quota for producing solar PV for non-individual applicants (including corporations) has been taken up for the next three years. It should be noted that these applications will be processed within 14 days by Seda and if there are unsuccessful applicants, their allocation may be up for grabs again. For individual applicants, another 11.41MW was available as of yesterday afternoon.

To recall, under the Renewable Energy Act 2011, Tenaga Nasional Bhd is obliged to buy renewable power produced by licensed players at special rates. The rates are known as the “feed-in-tariff” (FiT), and refer to the idea of producers selling their energy to the power grid.

In total, Seda received 168 applications wanting to secure the FiT through various forms of renewable technology, ranging from solar to biomass and biogas to mini-hydro. This was as at 1.45 pm yesterday.

Of the applications, 146 or 87% were from parties wanting to produce and sell solar power. There were six applications for biomass and eight each for biogas and mini-hydro.

The FiT will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, which explained the rush by renewable energy players in their applications.

When contacted, Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin said as expected there was so much interest in solar PV that the quota was exhausted soon after with only a small portion left pertaining to small household connections.

“As regards to other renewable energy sources such as biomass, biogas and mini hydro, the response or demand has been rather quiet and parties who are interested should look into these areas and submit their bids online.

“Overall, the computer system seems to hold up quite well and there should not be any further problem. In any case, I visited Seda and was briefed by the chief executive officer who had been instructed to get as much feedback as possible and to fine-tune the system,” Chin said.

Really good info here. Real bummer on the tax rates. Just curious, who will be the suppliers for the panels and systems? Are these companies really capable?

how about off-grid (own consumption)? anybody doing it? how much the costing for 1 double storey house? or maybe 1 medium size room (e.g powering 1 fan,1 light,1 desktop pc,etc)

ozak, try look into australia; currently they selling off their stock pile cos of solar rebate freeze & cancellation due to flip flop govt policy.