Malaysia’s Parliament on passed a law on 11 October that will require the biggest energy consumers to implement power-saving measures, as it looks to reduce its energy consumption and carbon emissions.
The country has promised to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 45% across the economy by 2030, and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the Environment and Climate Change Minister, said when presenting the bill in the lower house that the enforcement of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act is projected to save 2,017 million gigajoules (GJ) of energy use, equivalent to RM97.1 billion ($20.54 billion) by 2050.
