Electrical & Electronics - EPP 6: Solar: Growing wafer and cell producers
Case for change
- Malaysia's internet services are expensive and slow
- Malaysia offers a safe environment combined with well developed clusters
- Attractive environment will enable Malaysia to settle 1 cell and wafer company p.a. starting 2013 to increase production capacity to 23.3GW by 2020
Target
- Increase production capacity by 10x from 2.4GW to 23.3GW in 2020
Talent - In Progress
- PSDC and SHRDC to introduce courses/ modules, in partnership with the industry, to train talent
Promotion - In Progress
- Promote Northern Corridor for wafer and cell producers and to provide incentives to pioneering wafer and cell producers
Innovation - In Progress
- Shared solar test centre to provide product qualifications to lower cost of establishing operations in Malaysia and spur innovation
- Solar R&D lab and IP house to research thin film and crystalline
Standards - In Progress
- SIRIM to establish national solar product standard to ensure safety and competitiveness in international markets
2013/03/27
Status:
- GROSS NATIONAL INCOME (GNI)
RM3,290 m
- JOBS
21,000