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Friday July 9, 2010
Two companies hope to get Sarawak govt to help out = in Solar=20 Hybrid project
Story and photo by VANES=20
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IBC Solar Teknik Sdn Bhd and Carbon Capital Corporation Sdn Bhd hope = to get=20 the Sarawak government on board to complete phase two of their Solar = Hybrid=20 System (SHS) project at Kerapa Spak longhouse in Betong.
IBC Solar Teknik chief executive officer Ahmad Nazri Ibrahim said = phase two=20 of the project would encompass the installation of dedicated power = points for=20 the individual =93pintu=94 to enable longhouse folk to draw power for = their=20 individual household needs.
With this comes clean and filtered drinking water with the = installation of a=20 membrane pump system powered by the SHS and an elevated water tank = equipped with=20 filtration system, he said.
=93I=92m hoping the State government would agree to come on board = with us to=20 complete the project. We are facing budget constraints because the = materials and=20 the logistics are very costly,=94 he said during a media briefing on the = SHS=20 project in Kuching yesterday.
Ahmad said the completion of the project=92s second phase would give = the=20 longhouse folk an opportunity to dabble in cottage industries thus, = making them=20 more independent and developed.
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How it looks: Ahmad Nazri (right) and Carbon =
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Corporation Sdn Bhd group managing director William Kho looking at the =
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unit of Kerapa Spak longhouse He said should the state give the nod, phase two of the project could = be=20 completed in six months.
Phase one of the project concentrates on installing the SHS, a = reputed German=20 solar technology. The installation features the construction of a solar = house,=20 putting up of the solar modules, inverter, load and battery banks which = take up=20 about 40% of the cost. It is capable of lighting up the longhouse, its=20 surrounding areas, the community area and the church.
The project also saw the installation of a VSAT telecommunication = system=20 which had provided basic telephony and internet system to the = residents.
The 20kWp SHS cost RM4.5mil and was borne and executed by both = companies=20 through their joint venture company, IBC Solar Teknik Sarawak Sdn Bhd, = as part=20 of their corporate social responsibility.
Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is expected to officiate at = the=20 official handing over of the phase one project at the longhouse on July = 13.
Ahmad said with the project, the longhouse had already bridged the = digital=20 divide as envisioned by Taib.
He said the project was the first SHS in Sarawak and the fastest = power plant=20 of such kind to be completed at a speed of less than six months.
=93The SHS is also the first in Malaysia with remote monitoring = system whereby=20 our engineer can monitor the system=92s health from offices in Kuching = and Kuala=20 Lumpur,=94 he said.
He said the longhouse folk would only need to pay a small token which = would=20 go towards maintaining the system.
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