The progress of fuel cell for malaysian residential consumption: Energy status and prospects to introduction as a renewable power generation system

Zulfirdaus Zakaria, Siti Kartom Kamarudin, Khairul Anuar Abd Wahid and Saiful Hasmady Abu Hassan

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021, vol. 144, issue C

Abstract: Global population growth has boosted world energy demand. As a developing nation, Malaysia urgently needs a large amount of energy to drive progress and technologies to ensure its convenience. Unfortunately, Malaysia's conventional power production is heavily dependent on natural gas, coal, and oil. As a result, many environmental issues have arisen that harm the region. Besides, large transmission towers' consumption to supply electricity has resulted in high construction and maintenance costs, and problems emerging in uneven areas such as highlands and mountains. Fuel cells have been recognized as an alternative power generation device that simultaneously addresses Malaysia's energy supply and dramatically reduces costs. This article addressed the electricity scenario in Malaysia to demonstrate that fuel cells are a very strong solution as alternative renewable energy to meet the energy demand in this country. The technology in Malaysia for fuel cell-based portable devices and residential energy resources has been discussed as the most advantageous application to be introduced for residential applications.

Keywords: Fuel cells; Portable devices; Residential applications; Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.110984

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