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also includes procurement, transport, storage official said. Egat signed a contract with B.Grimm
and regasification of imported LNG. SK Nexilis will power the plant 100 percent Power Plc, which will serve as an engineering,
The electricity generated will be supplied with clean energy, according to the company. procurement and construction firm to
to Myanmar’s national grid. The project is SKC said it chose Malaysia for its stable develop photovoltaic panels worth 842 million
expected to come online in 2024. supply of electricity and low electricity prices, baht on Sirindhorn Dam, where an Egat
TTCL received a notice to proceed, almost 50 percent cheaper than Korea. Since hydropower plant is operating.
granting development rights for the project, copper foil, a key component of electric Power generation on a water surface
from the MOEE in January 2018. vehicle batteries, takes a large amount of requires 450 rai of land, equivalent to an on-
electricity to produce, a steady and cheap ground solar farm.
supply of electricity is crucial, the company The facility was originally scheduled for
explained. operation in December last year, but the
RENEWABLES Based on its experience of operating launch was postponed due to the pandemic.
unmanned transportation vehicles and robots
SKC launches first overseas at its plant No. 4 in Jeongeup, North Jeolla
Province, SK Nexilis will build and run the
copper foil plant in new factory as a smart factory, the company SOL AR
added.
Malaysia producer, Iljin Materials, has been running a Malaysian power company
Another Korean electronics materials
South Korean chemicals maker SKC said copper foil plant in Kuching, Malaysia, since buys BayWa r.e. solar farms
Tuesday it will establish its first overseas 2017.
production base for copper foils in Malaysia BayWa r.e. has announced the successful
and that the factory would be powered by 100 sale of two solar farms in Malaysia to a local
percent renewable energy sources. renewable energy-focused independent power
According to the company, its copper foil SOL AR producer (IPP), reNIKOLA Sdn Bhd.
subsidiary SK Nexilis will invest 650 billion The sale of the solar installations in Arau
won ($587.4 million) and construct a copper Egat plans world’s largest and Gebeng, Malaysia, was conducted in two
foil plant with an annual production capacity stages and finalised in December 2020.
of 44,000 metric tons at Kota Kinabalu floating solar farm in June The 5.2 MWp development in Arau was
Industrial Park in the state of Sabah. BayWa r.e.’s first foray into the utility scale
“After breaking ground in the first half of State-run Electricity Generating Authority market in Malaysia and is located on the
this year, our goal is to begin the commercial of Thailand (Egat) expects to operate a university campus at Perlis, the royal capital
operation of the plant in 2023. The expansion 45-megawatt floating solar farm it claims to be of Arau.
will triple SK Nexilis’ current production the largest in the world in Ubon Ratchathani The project marked a significant milestone
capacity to almost 100,000 tons,” a company in June after a delay caused by the pandemic. for BayWa r.e., as it was not only won in

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