Sarawak Energy wins top honours for community initiatives
KUCHING: Sarawak Energy’s leadership in community development initiatives has been recognised with two Gold Awards at the 14th Annual Global CSR & ESG Summit & Awards 2022 in Hanoi, Vietnam earlier this month. In its press statement here Monday, Sesco said Malaysia’s largest renewable energy developer and Sarawak’s primary power utility, Sarawak Energy were awarded […]
Baleh Hydroelectric Project achieves major milestones
KUCHING: A key milestone for the 1285MW Baleh Hydroelectric Project (HEP) was achieved in September this year with the beginning of works for the Concrete Faced Rockfill Dam (CFRD). Sarawak Energy, in a statement, said the achievement was commemorated with a rock placement ceremony attended by Sarawak Energy’s senior management and project delivery team, the […]
Bakun HEP to release water from Oct 20 to Nov 3
KUCHING: Sarawak Energy will continue its seasonal controlled release of water from the reservoir of the 2,400MW Bakun Hydroelectric Plant (HEP) for two weeks starting from Oct 20 to Nov 3. According to a statement on Tuesday (Oct 18), the procedure is part of the hydropower operator’s standard management practice to regulate upstream water levels […]
Sarawak Energy’s long-term commitment towards environmental conservation
MURUM: Sarawak Energy continues to maintain and manage the Murum Flora Conservation Garden at one of the islands of the Murum Hydroelectric Plant (HEP) reservoir as part of its long-term commitment towards sustainable environmental conservation. The maintaining of the island is also 10-year campaign to plant and protect 500,000 trees under its Tree Planting, Protection […]
Masing probes logjam in upper Batang Baleh
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing personally flew to the headwaters of Sungai Mengiong on Aug 27 to investigate the source of the wood debris that caused the recent logjam in Batang Baleh. “The loggers who salvaged the logs on behalf of the concessionaires, Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation […]
Baleh HEP reaches major milestone
The completion of dual diversion tunnels, river diversion and closure works marked the safe completion of the critical package of the project. KUCHING: The 1,285MW Baleh Hydroelectric Project (HEP), which is Sarawak Energy’s largest hydropower project to date, has reached a major milestone with the completion of its dual diversion tunnels, river diversion and closure […]
PRS branches support RM2-mln request
KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Murum and Batang Ai branches have lauded Bakun Trust Fund (BTF) chairman Tan Sri James Jemut Masing’s move to request for an annual allocation of RM2mln to assist communities affected by the Bakun and Murum hydroelectric power (HEP) dams. Murum PRS Youth chief Hemang Yu said the amount was just […]
Logging licences still being issued
KUCHING: The Sarawak Forest Department, in line with the state government’s policy, does not issue new long-term licences for logging activities anymore, says director Datuk Hamden Mohammad. However, short-term and annual licences were still being issued, he said, but these were mainly for the development of an area taking into account the duration of the […]
Energy key to Sarawak’s progress, says CM
BALEH: Energy for running agricultural industries and other industries is crucial to the overall development of Sarawak’s economy, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. He pointed out that with the takeover of the Bakun Hydroelectric Project (HEP) from the federal government and power generation from the Batang Ai, Murum and later Baleh […]
SEB hosts Indonesian visitors
KUCHING: As part of Sarawak Energy growing regional position as a responsible energy developer, it hosted a group of 44 from the Malinau Regency, North Kalimantan (Kaltara) that came to visit Sarawak recently. The group was on a study tour to gain a first-hand view of hydropower development and hydro-industrialisation in Sarawak. Their guests who […]
