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Developing A Technology Acquisition Model for Energy Sustainability in Malaysia

Malaysia is facing challenges in finding the right mix of energy sources for achieving sustainable energy supply. In term of fuel cell technology, Malaysia is far behind from the economic and infrastructure perspectives, besides lacking local expertise, public perception, and industrial support. Fue...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad Zaidi, Mohamad Faizal, Mohd Shafie, Shafini, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan
Format:	Monograph
Language:	English
Published:	UUM 2021
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
Online Access:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30119/1/14582.pdf https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30119/
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spelling	my.uum.repo.301192023-12-06T09:27:46Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30119/ Developing A Technology Acquisition Model for Energy Sustainability in Malaysia Ahmad Zaidi, Mohamad Faizal Mohd Shafie, Shafini Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan T Technology (General) Malaysia is facing challenges in finding the right mix of energy sources for achieving sustainable energy supply. In term of fuel cell technology, Malaysia is far behind from the economic and infrastructure perspectives, besides lacking local expertise, public perception, and industrial support. Fuel cell technology at the present time is not being commercialized on a large scale. Meanwhile, the existing research on fuel cell technology in Malaysia is limited to the transportation sector. This implies that research focusing on the non-vehicles related fuel cell technology, especially for power generation, is still limited in Malaysia. For that reason, this study aims to identify the criteria and sub-criteria for selecting the sources of fuel cell technology for power generation in Malaysia. An AHP analysis based on a group decision was performed and has found that the impact on ecosystem (environmental subcriterion), payback period, and investment cost (economic sub-criteria) are the most important criteria for selecting the sources of power generation with fuel cell technology. This suggests that when it comes to renewable energy, the effect on environment is always comes first to the mind. However, when it comes to the acquisition of fuel cell technology, no doubt that the economic factors are the main concern. This implies that the focus should be on how to make the sources of fuel cell technology economical to justify its usage. On the other hand, the less important criterion is found to be the technical criterion, while the less important sub-criterion of technical is the technological maturity. However, this does not necessarily mean that the technological factors are not important, but at the current stage of fuel cell technology development in Malaysia, other issues seem to be more critical. Due to some limitations, few suggestions have been made to further improve the model. UUM 2021 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30119/1/14582.pdf Ahmad Zaidi, Mohamad Faizal and Mohd Shafie, Shafini and Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan (2021) Developing A Technology Acquisition Model for Energy Sustainability in Malaysia. Technical Report. UUM. (Submitted)
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description	Malaysia is facing challenges in finding the right mix of energy sources for achieving sustainable energy supply. In term of fuel cell technology, Malaysia is far behind from the economic and infrastructure perspectives, besides lacking local expertise, public perception, and industrial support. Fuel cell technology at the present time is not being commercialized on a large scale. Meanwhile, the existing research on fuel cell technology in Malaysia is limited to the transportation sector. This implies that research focusing on the non-vehicles related fuel cell technology, especially for power generation, is still limited in Malaysia. For that reason, this study aims to identify the criteria and sub-criteria for selecting the sources of fuel cell technology for power generation in Malaysia. An AHP analysis based on a group decision was performed and has found that the impact on ecosystem (environmental subcriterion), payback period, and investment cost (economic sub-criteria) are the most important criteria for selecting the sources of power generation with fuel cell technology. This suggests that when it comes to renewable energy, the effect on environment is always comes first to the mind. However, when it comes to the acquisition of fuel cell technology, no doubt that the economic factors are the main concern. This implies that the focus should be on how to make the sources of fuel cell technology economical to justify its usage. On the other hand, the less important criterion is found to be the technical criterion, while the less important sub-criterion of technical is the technological maturity. However, this does not necessarily mean that the technological factors are not important, but at the current stage of fuel cell technology development in Malaysia, other issues seem to be more critical. Due to some limitations, few suggestions have been made to further improve the model.
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author	Ahmad Zaidi, Mohamad Faizal Mohd Shafie, Shafini Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan
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title	Developing A Technology Acquisition Model for Energy Sustainability in Malaysia
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Developing A Technology Acquisition Model for Energy Sustainability in Malaysia

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