Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Nuclear power may be necessary for M'sia

 thestar: Wednesday March 23, 2011

By LEONG HUNG YEE
hungyee@thestar.com.my

.....“The right thing is not to do it (nuclear power) at all, but we have no choice. We still need to find
ways to meet demand. I don't think society is willing to accept any brownouts or electricity
disruptions,” Energy Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Ali said in an
interview with StarBiz.

As it stands now, 58% of power generated in the peninsular is from natural gas, with the
remainder coming from coal (37%) and hydro (5%).
Tajuddin said renewable energy at the moment is not enough to fulfil the energy demand.
He also said the generation cost of nuclear power was lower than that of solar energy. “That
(cost) is one thing. It is the availability of solar itself. Even if we cover the whole of Peninsular
Malaysia with solar panel it is still not enough.”

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