Asia Pacific Feb 3, 2023
Malaysia faces 'inconvenient truth' on clean energy goals
by Michael Taylor
With renewables today accounting only for about 9% of Malaysia's electricity generation capacity, the government targets seem "highly unrealistic."
Malaysia faces 'inconvenient truth' on clean energy goals
With renewables today accounting only for about 9% of Malaysia's electricity generation capacity, the government targets seem "highly unrealistic."
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