Policies promoting “green energy” really started to take root in Malaysia from 2006 when the National Bio-fuel policy was formulated to encourage the use of bio-diesel (mixed with mineral diesel) for the transport sector. This was followed by the formulation of the National Green Technology Policy in 2009 and the Renewable Energy Policy and Action Plan (REPAP) which led to the enactment of the RE Act in 2011 to develop RE powered electricity generation for supply to the national electricity supply network.
Numerous other initiatives in this arena include the following:
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Energy efficiency awards for different categories of the larger consumers (early 1990s),
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Japanese and French government projects to conduct and inculcate energy audit practices and programs (mid 1990s),
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Feasibility study for an Energy Efficiency policy (by Danish consultants in 1999/2000),
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Malaysian Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement Project (MIEEIP, a UNDP/GEF project from 1999 to 2007),
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