Out of gas weighing our energy options
By Ho Yi Jian
March 2014 COVER STORY
With TNB’s recent price hike, it is time to review Malaysia’s energy situation, focusing on electricity supply. The economics suggest that Peninsular Malaysia will go for coal in the long term, unless drastic measures are taken soon.As fossil fuel resources become increasingly expensive, energy-exporting countries have to realise that in order to meet domestic energy demands, they will have to become net energy importers. Malaysia, while a major global energy exporter, may have already crossed that line. We have become...
Ho Yi Jian
was with the International Institute for Strategic Studies (Asia) before pursuing a masters in International Relations in Australia. He is currently a freelancing writer and researcher in KL.
