Ghana Way-Energy Star for Refrigerator

To achieve emission reduction

Ghana ongoing program replaces home refrigerator with more efficient models as new technology become available.

How to recycle your old TV in creative way?

How do you recycle your aged faulty TV when newly big LCD TV arrived to your home?
You have a few options to recycle TV. The most common one is to send old TV to recycle center  at price range of  RM10-RM15 and leave it for them to recycle the electronic parts etc.
Another creative way is use the TV chasing as your gardening pot. Planting your own vegetables or trees using recycle TV chasing to beautify your home garden!

Put faith into action 
That was a good initiative for a start. Hope this deed will has a domino or ripple effect for others to follow.

Keep it up and god bless you.

How to save energy in Car parking lighting-The Mines

The Mines shopping located in Serdang is currently under I Capital Mall management. A lot of face lifting projects within shopping complex had transformed  The Mines as one of the main attraction within Klang Valley region.

Car parking lighting in The Mines also part of their management initiative to save energy and conserve the energy.

From my observation, conventional fluorescent lightings (T8- 45W) in their car parking lighting system are not longer been used and all replaced by T3  energy saving fluorescent lighting (18W).

As we all realized that car parking lighting system are operating in 24 hours basic and replacement of T3 fluorescent lighting contributing energy saving up to 60% in electricity bill can be realized with minimal capital investment.

Furthermore, motion sensors and de-lamp system also incorporated in their car parking bay to allow individual lighting to light up when customers approach to their car parking.

Overall, implementation of energy saving in car parking lighting should also consider safety of customers as their first priority!!

Putting Our Faith Into Actions Educates World's Community

For very simple reason Mr. Rashid Khan will soon going home with big heart to his motherland village in Pakistan, because he now knows what is Solar Power is all about. 

I donated 40W Solar PV to Mr. Rashid Khan so that he could go home delivering green technology to his community.

Mr. Rashid Khan can now light up his children table lamps with energy saving LED bulbs.

Helping out in world's community with little PV can be a small action that makes a big difference to children.

There are many ways to help the communities but these are just some of my favorites.


That was a good initiative for a start. Hope this deed will has a domino or ripple effect for others to follow.

Keep it up and god bless you.

Courtesy:

foohikiumedu4all@gmail.com

Proposal to raise green loan ceiling to RM100m

PUTRAJAYA: There's a strong interest from the industry that the green loan ceiling for green energy producers be raised to RM100 million, said Malaysian Green Technology Corp acting chief executive officer Ahmad Zairin Ismail.

The Green Technology Financing Scheme, established in 2010, be-nefits companies which are produ-cers (up to RM50 million for 15 years) and users (up to RM10 million for 10 years) of green technologies.

"We receive positive feedback from the industry, particularly the biomass, biogas and biofuel producers. In order to speed up the process of getting more palm oil millers to generate more green power, it is proposed that the ceiling cap of RM50 million on green loans be raised to RM100 million," he said.

Palm oil millers in Malaysia are leading the way in "greening" the palm oil supply chain by capturing greenhouse gases before it enters the atmosphere and turning it into green energy and organic fertiliser.

Under the Palm Oil National Key Economic Area of the Economic Transformation Programme, the country is targeting 500 biogas plants by 2020.

By leveraging on home-grown green technologies, millers trap methane from the sludge and channel it to gas engines to generate electricity.

Zairin noted that palm oil millers, timber processors and rubber glove makers who use biomass to fuel their boilers are also eligible to apply for pioneer status and investment tax allowance.

The pioneer status, granted under the Promotion of Investments Act 1986, provides a 10-year income tax break for renewable energy businesses. 

There is also a full tax allowance on qualifying five-year capital expenditure. Unused allowances can be carried forward until fully absorbed.

All applications for pioneer status, investment tax allowance and exemptions from import duty and sales tax must be submitted to the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority. 

Zairin was speaking to Business Times on the sidelines of the Biomass Industry Networking Se-minar organised by the Malaysia Biomass Industries Confederation here yesterday.

He said the 2013 Budget had raised the target of the Green Technology Financing Scheme to RM3.5 billion and the implementation deadline is extended until the end of 2015.

Under the scheme, the government bears two per cent of the total interest/profit rate and guarantees 60 per cent of the green loan via Credit Guarantee Corp Malaysia Bhd, with the remaining 40 per cent financing risks borne by banks.

Read more: Proposal to raise green loan ceiling to RM100m http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/zairin/Article/#ixzz2B3NGZzCM

Keep Birds in their Natural Environment

Birds are better of left in their natural environment,flying in their natural habitat, instead of being dragooned as domestic pets.

Mustapa: No plans for cash rebate as incentive to buy electric and hybrid cars

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government does not plan on cash rebates as an incentive to buy energy-efficient vehicles (EEV) similar to that implemented in the United States or other European countries, Parliament heard Wednesday.

International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamedsaid such a subsidy to attract buyers to purchase electric cars would cost a lot of funds, which will be taken from other ministries.

"Currently, to attract consumers, the Government has lifted the import duties for EEV while major car companies were given incentives to draw them to set up their manufacturing operations locally," he told Datuk Ismail Kassim (BN-Arau) during Question Time.

Ismail had asked whether the Government would consider handing out cash rebates like in the US or European countries to attract more people to buy EEV or hybrid vehicles.

Mustapa said the incentives given by the Government to major companies had attracted companies such as Honda, which recently set up an EEV factory in Malacca, attracting some RM1bil worth of investments.

"The new factory enabled 1,000 new job opportunities for the locals as well as the production of some 50,000 EEV assembled locally to be sold locally and to other Asean countries," he said.

He also noted that the reduction of import car excise duty needed to be studied carefully to avoid any negative implications to the economy.

"We believe that the vehicle ownership cost is still considered cheap compared with other Asean countries if we take consideration of other factors such as oil and gas subsidies, maintenance costs, insurance and others.

"We must also look into the impact on used car dealers, public transportation as well as congestion problems before we consider reducing the import duty," he told Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (PKR-Machang), who asked whether the Government intended to reduce the excise duty for cars.

source:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/10/24/nation/20121024125553&sec=nation

Local LED firms riding on innovation

High-brightness LED market to grow by 13.4% this year

BH Electronics workers working on LED proucts

GEORGE TOWN: Local light-emitting diode (LED) companies are riding on innovation to tap into the high-brightness (HB) LED segment, which is expected to grow at 13.4% this year.

Globetronics Technology Bhd has just released new HB LED modules in a single bin of white colour for the US market, using a special US technology, while Elsoft Research Bhd has come out with the next generation of LED radiation pattern test equipment.

BH Electronics Sdn Bhd, an electronics company with a 26-year old history in Penang, has also released a new range of LED tubes, lamps, and bulbs with cost-effective designs that can better compete in the global market.

Elsoft will ride on its new range of light-emitting diode testing equipment to overcome the mediocre performance of the group in the second quarter.

According to the Taipei-based Digitimes Research report, the global high-brightness LED industry this year will see the value of output rising to US$10.1bil (RM31.1bil).

However, the HB LED industry would not be able to return to the high levels of growth seen in 2010, as there was a huge drop in metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) equipment, used for manufacturing LEDs, the report said.

Heng expects a very good financial year for the Globetronics group

In 2010, the LED industry grew an impressive 67% to US$10.2bil from US$6.1bil in 2009, according to a TechEye report.

Globetronics managing director Heng Huck Lee said that in order to compete in a challenging global economy, the group used a special US technology to produce HB LED modules.

“The technology we use converts violet light to a single bin of white light, compared to the conventional technology which can convert only blue light to different bins of white light that may have limited usage or are not suitable for the general lighting industry.

“If not all the bins of white light can be used, then there will be a high inventory of LED white lights in the general lighting market.

“This is why we are confident of performing well in the US general lighting market, which is worth US$4bil this year.

“We expect to see contribution from this new range of HB LED modules for the 2013 financial year,” he said.

Heng said the group expected a very good 2012 financial year, driven by the strong demand for HB LED modules of 100-200 lumens for a single module and high-accuracy timing sensors for the US and Asian market.

Elsoft chief executive officer C.E. Tan said the company had released in the second quarter its next generation of LED radiation test equipment with innovative features used for measuring the spatial radiation of 3D light in a high brightness LED module.

“The market for such equipment is growing especially for large display applications and in the automobile's back lighting,” he added.

Elsoft's other new LED test equipment are for testing 110/240 high voltage LEDs used in the illumination, smart phones, and tablet sectors.

“Currently, the volume of 110/240 high voltage LEDs in the market is still very small, but are gradually becoming more popular, as the demand for high brightness LEDs is growing. They have been shipped to customers in Asia Pacific and are expected to drive the growth of the group in the second half,” he said.

Tan said the group would start the development of LED test equipment for customised high brightness LED modules used in branded consumer electronic products such as microwave ovens and refrigerators soon.

“The new RM12mil facility, currently being constructed at the same premise in Bayan Lepas, will cater for the development of new products for the next five years, when completed early next year.”

For 2012, the group expected strong performance compared to 2011, driven by the sales in the third and fourth quarters, Tan said.

“The second quarter was down slightly against last year's corresponding period,” he added.

BH Electronics managing director Khoo Hun Poh said the company had recently introduced for the global market higher-value LED lighting products with cost effective designs and special coating on the casing that reduced over-heating, increasing the products' life-span.

These new LED products, because of the cost-effective designs developed by BH Electronics, used less raw material, enabling them to be priced competitively in the market, Khoo said.

The company's LED products are primarily exported to the Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, Japan, and the United States.

“Europe generates over 50% of the company's revenue. We expect flat growth for the company this year, due to the European economic crisis.

“While Europe is experiencing a slowdown, we expect an increase in orders from the US market, which is currently contributing 10%-15% of our revenue.

“Next year the US LED lighting market, driven by the food, automobile, industrial, and household sectors, is expected to generate about 30% of our revenue,” he said.

Khoo said the pricing of LED lighting had come down significantly since 2011 due to cost-effective production technologies and competition.

The company is now constructing a new RM30mil LED assembly facility in Bayan Lepas, scheduled to start operation in the first quarter of 2013.

“Located on 1.5 acres, the three-storey facility will have over 120,000 sq ft of built-up area,” he said.

The Digitimes Research report also said that Japan, South Korea and Taiwan will together account for some 61.3% of the high-brightness LED market in 2012, as the trend towards Asian dominance of the LED industry is becoming even more pronounced.

In its September report, Digitimes Research said Asia-based firms would take up 90% of market demand for MOCVD equipment in 2012, an increase of 10 basis points compared to 2011.

“In particular, equipment demand is highest in China, with an expected share of 68% out of total global demand in 2012,” the report added.

source:http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/10/22/business/12195051&sec=business

TNB bangun pusat cas kereta elektrik

Peter Chin ketika melancarkan stesen pengecas kereta elektrik, di Kuala Lumpur, baru-baru ini. - Foto hiasan

Projek berhampiran Bukit Bintang, persediaan awal infrastruktur EV 

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) sedang membangunkan sistem grid pintar (Smart Grid TNB) berpusat di kawasan segi tiga emas berhampiran Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur sebagai persediaan awal pembangunan infrastruktur stesen pengecas kereta elektrik (EV) di seluruh negara. Projek itu, akan membolehkan TNB menguruskan penyaluran dan penggunaan elektrik dengan lebih cekap selain meraih penjimatan besar dengan mengurangkan kadar kehilangan tenaga yang tidak digunakan.

Sumber industri berkata, syarikat utiliti itu memperuntukkan pelaburan besar bagi menerapkan teknologi Smart Grid yang mampu mengumpul maklumat dan bertindak balas berdasarkan pembekalan dan permintaan yang diperoleh hasil kecanggihan teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT). 

Katanya, teknologi itu amat berguna bagi membantu negara memperkukuhkan lagi pembangunan teknologi EV yang dijangka dilaksanakan secara komersial menjelang 2014. 

“Apabila kereta EV diperkenalkan secara komersial, keperluan kepada stesen pengecas akan meningkat sekali gus memerlukan bekalan tenaga elektrik yang mapan untuk kegunaan pengguna EV, premis perniagaan dan persendirian di kawasan terbabit. 

“Bekalan tenaga perlu ditingkatkan atau ia boleh diuruskan dengan cekap bagi memenuhi keperluan ini, maka TNB mencadangkan sistem grid pintar sebagai penyelesaiannya membolehkan syarikat menyalurkan bekalan elektrik secara optimum mengikut keperluan semasa. 
Meter pintar 

“Sistem ini menekankan elemen meter pintar dan dikawal secara jarak jauh, selepas pengujian di kawasan segi tiga emas selesai kita akan tahu kriteria grid pintar di Malaysia dan hasil kajiannya akan digunakan sebagai model rujukan untuk dibangunkan di kawasan lain pula,” katanya kepada BH di Kuala Lumpur, baru-baru ini. 

Teknologi Grid Pintar kini digunakan secara meluas di negara maju khususnya Eropah bagi mengawal selia dan menyelaras pengedaran bekalan tenaga secara automatik. 

Katanya, cadangan projek itu sudah dibentangkan kepada pihak industri terbabit dengan teknologi EV dan mereka menyambut baik rancangan itu yang membuktikan komitmen kerajaan dan agensi kerajaan kepada hala tuju teknologi EV negara. 

Pertambahan permintaan 

Mengulas perkembangan itu, Menteri Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air, Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui yang ditemui pada Pameran Produk Teknologi Hijau Antarabangsa (IGEM 2012) baru-baru ini, berkata kini pertambahan permintaan bekalan elektrik masih belum ketara kerana jumlah stesen pengecas EV masih rendah. 

Katanya, pada masa depan apabila jumlahnya melebihi 20 hingga 30 stesen EV di satu lokasi ber-hampiran ia akan menjejaskan bekalan kuasa di kawasan terbabit. 

“Dengan pertambahan jumlah stesen pengecas bermakna TNB perlu mengukuhkan sistemnya di sana, kalau terlalu banyak bekalan elektrik disedut oleh kenderaan EV akan timbul pula masalah bagi keperluan premis lain di sekitarnya. 

“Maka kementerian juga perlu melakukan kajian bagi mengumpulkan data bagi mengetahui berapa banyak kuasa diperlukan di satu-satu tempat,’ katanya.


source:http://www.bharian.com.my/articles/TNBbangunpusatcaskeretaelektrik/Article/

Energy Audit at Home-Laptop

To save Energy at home, firstly.. we need to identify which appliance at home is inefficient and how much we spend per day and per year for electrical equipment if we let it power up.

Recently, I bought an energy monitoring socket to conduct energy audit  on my home appliances. The first item under my energy audit item is my 14 inchi old  Hp compaq 4400 laptop which i used to surf net all the time.

This energy monitoring socket looks cool as i can measure my laptop energy usage once i press reset (using pen to touch the reset point) and the built-in counter/timer start to calculate how much my laptop power consumption per day and even per year. I set the cost tariff as 1kwh=$0.22  and it able to estimate the cost that i am going to spend for a year  (365 days and 24 hours running) about RM43.80 if i leave my laptop working all the time.

Currently , my laptop is consuming about 26W as shown in the picture.(The figure may varry from standby mode up to battery charging mode -63W).

According to the given manual, the working voltage :150V-276V and operating current :13A max  with the accurancy +/- 2%. 

From my observation, this product is not bad for rough checking power consumption and  it is able to give you a snapshot about energy consumption and estimated cost such as how much you need to spend for that particular domestic appliances when the power supply On.It is so simple, safe and easy for average people to use it because what we need to do is just plug the energy monitoring socket with the appliances and it auto detect and calculate for us without hassle and dangerous.

This energy monitoring socket offer affordable and competitive low end pricing (below RM200), end user need to compromise with some accuracy problem. From my finding and comparison with expensive energy monitoring unit, the error might up to 5% or more and it is not advisable to use it for any profesional report writing purpose.  Again , a high end power quality energy monitoring system can cost us up to RM60,000 or more based on high sampling rate and high accuracy.I don't think any of average household who  willing to fork out money to buy high precise which commonly  used in industry application. Therefore, with that affordable price, i think the money spent is well worth because this simple gadget is sufficient for us to monitor our power usage and save energy is the end of objective.