With a power score of 2.25, Malaysia ranks number 31 among Emerging markets and number 12 in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Malaysia has a power score of 2.25, which puts it at rank 31 in the Emerging Markets power ranking. The power score of Malaysia is higher than the average of 2.17 in the Asia-Pacific region.
In the chart above all geographies within the region are arranged by power score from left to right. The circles are sized based on the population.
Malaysia implements policies in 7/8 categories tracked by Climatescope; Renewable energy target, Auctions/tenders (utility-scale), Feed-in tariff/premium (utility-scale), Support for customer-sited generation (rooftop and self-consumption), Tax incentives, REC'S - Renewable Energy Certificates, and Priority generation dispatch
The average electricity price in Malaysia has decreased from ~$96/MWh in 2023 to ~$93/MWh in 2024. Since 2019, the average electricity price in Malaysia has fluctuated between ~$73/MWh in 2021 and ~$96/MWh in 2023.
The top amount of capacity installed in Malaysia in 2024 was in Natural gas at 17.55GW, up from 17.07GW in 2023.
The technology with the largest share of electricity generated in Malaysia in 2024 was Coal at 82.22TWh.
Investment in clean energy in Malaysia was around $1.25Bn in 2024. This amounts to an increase of around 19% from $1.05Bn in 2023.
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