It is a joint project of the government of brunei darussalam and mitsubishi corporation of japan.
Brunei solar power plant.
Bsp managing director dr ceri powell said the company is investing millions to build a new solar park close to its headquarters which currently houses 1 400 staff.
Most of brunei darussalam s electricity is produced by gas fired power stations though there is some use of diesel generators in rural regions mainly as a back up to the central grid.
The only renewable facility is the 1 2 mw tenaga suria brunei solar plant in seria commissioned in may 2011 representing around 1 of installed capacity.
The 3 3 mwp utility scale solar pv plant which will see the installation of about 7 000 solar panels is another milestone in bsp.
Many people who saw the news now know brunei has a solar power experimental power plant capable of producing some 1 2 mw or powering about 200 houses.
The houses have been demolished so we have perfect.
Last thursday on 26 may 2011 his majesty consented to officially open the tenaga suria brunei power station.
Officially inaugurated in 26th may 2011 by his majesty the sultan and yang di pertuan of brunei.
Those living in brunei enjoy one of the lowest electricity costs in the region because of the country s rich hydrocarbon reserves that is used to generate electricity in its thermal power plants.
This doesn t incentivise people to install solar panels of their own because grid parity has yet to be reached.
Tenaga suria brunei is an on grid 1 2 mw solar pv power plant which is located in the town of seria belait district of brunei darussalam.
Tenaga suria brunei tsb shareholders.
Bandar seri begawan brunei shell petroleum bsp will soon convert its headquarters in seria from gas to solar power.
Solar photovoltaic power plant.
This is land that we ve used for housing before.
Construction for brunei shell petroleum company sdn bhd s bsp solar plant is officially underway after a ground breaking ceremony at the g11 site on jalan tengah seria.
For a 10 kw solar power system and capacity factor of 13 for brunei such system can produce approximately 227 760 kwh of energy over their lifespan 10 x 13 x 24h x 365 days x 20 years.
As brunei uses block electric tariff electricity tariff of bn 0 06 per kwh will be used in calculation.