Malaysia is committed to become a developed nation by the year 2020. Energy is one of the important aspects to be considered in the development for Malaysia. Nowadays the crude oil price is increasing rapidly and Malaysia does not want to be only dependent on fossil fuel to generate electricity. To date, Malaysia has been generating energy using coal, natural gas, crude oil and hydro. A percentile amount of 47% of the energy generation uses crude oil. Total dependence on fossil fuel is not a healthy symptom on economic aspect. One of the ways to divert the dependence is to use the alternative and renewable energy resources. Since the 8th Malaysian Plan, Malaysian government has been focusing on renewable energy as their fifth energy source. Agriculture is one of Malaysian economic resources that produces municipal waste during the process. This wastage along with the municipal garbage can be used and converted into electrical energy as the biomass energy. Malaysia is geographically closer to the equator, and has a big potential in utilizing solar energy as electrical energy. Malaysia receives 8 hours of sunshine per day with a possible average amount of 4.5 KWh electricity conversions. As renewable energy sources like solar panels are approaching toward affordable range, Malaysia has started using this sort of alternative and renewable energy. This paper elaborates the current energy scenario of Malaysia along with some introduction on prospective renewable energy sources such as Solar Cell activities to promote Solar Panels to be the best suited renewable for Malaysia.
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