Pusat Tenaga Malaysia
Pusat Tenaga Malaysia (PTM) was registered on 12th May 1998 as a not-for-profit company. During its formative infancy, PTM was to be administered by the Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia (MECM), Malaysia. PTM is also governed by a Board of Directors (BOD) who sets its policy directions.
The rationale behind PTM's establishment is to fulfill the need for a national energy research centre that will co-ordinate various activities, specifically energy planning and research, energy efficiency, and technological research, development and demonstration (R,D&D) undertaken in the energy sector due to the long lead time for energy projects to come on stream.
It is envisaged that PTM will eventually become a one-stop focal point for linkages with the universities, research institutions, industries and other various national and international organisations on energy matters.
Biomass Power Generation and Cogeneration Project (BioGen)
This project aims to reduce the growth rate of GHG emissions from fossil fuel fired combustion processes. The project will also make use of the unutilised biomass waste through the planting up of power generating capacity by using cogeneration technology.
Pusat Tenaga Malaysia was entrusted by the Government of Malaysia as the implementing agency for the project. The project is supported by United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Government of Malaysia.
The project was officially launched by Y. Bhg. Datuk Tan Chai Ho, Deputy Minister of Energy, Communications and Multimedia on behalf of Y. Bhg. Datuk Amar Leo Moggie, Minister of Energy, Communications and Multimedia, on 18 October 2002 at the Nikko Hotel Kuala Lumpur. In conjunction with the event, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Pusat Tenaga Malaysia (PTM) and the Malaysian Palm Oil Berhad (MPOB) for development of the technology and application related to renewable energy resources.
