Meta Bright Group’s FBO Land To Provide Solar PV Plants For Five Non-Profit Institutions In Johor, Malaysia

Meta Bright Group Berhad is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, FBO Land (Setapak) Sdn. Bhd. (FBO), had issued offer
letters regarding the solar program to five mosques and surau in Johor, to exclusively design, finance, install, construct, commission, operate and maintain the solar photovoltaic generating plants at the clients’ sites, leveraging on FBO’s status of a Registered Solar PV Investor (RPVI). All 5 clients have accepted the issued offer letters.

The program entails a term of 21 years, with the Client to purchase all the renewable electricity generated by the plants at the site, thus generating recurring income to FBO. It also entails a 15% discount to prevailing Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) tariff rates equipped with imbalance cost passthrough (ICPT) for the Client.

The anticipated capacity of the energy to be supplied based on these contracts range from 13 kWp to 42 kWp, customized to our respective clients’ needs and site requirements. Final capacity will be based on official approval of technical studies by the relevant organisations; i.e., TNB, Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA) or Energy Commission (ST). On top of that, the Client has the option to sell the unused generated renewable energy to TNB’s grid in exchange for credits pursuant to the NEM GoMEn programme. Under this programme, the energy produced from solar PV installations on Government premises (including Islamic assembly buildings used for worship and religious instruction) will be consumed first, and any excess will be exported to the TNB grid. The credits to be received in exchange for the exported energy will be used to offset part of the electricity bill of the exporter on a “one-on-one” offset basis. The programme supports up to 100mWac under the current NEM 3.0 quota allocation.

“The announcement of these five contracts today is a demonstration of our commitment to providing sustainable solutions not just to for-profit businesses but also to non-profit institutions,” Executive Director Derek Phang said. “The contracts run for 21 years upon commencement of supply, ensuring relatively stable long-term earnings for Meta Bright, building on management’s strength with renewable energy projects. By delivering within specifications, both in terms of engineering and pre-determined financial parameters, our solar program participants lock-in cost-savings from the renewable solar energy supplied by FBO; a win-win-win situation for the environment, our program participants and FBO. Furthermore, in this instance, the cost savings can potentially assist our clients to broaden the socioreligious support they provide to their local communities. These latest batch of agreements are an indication that Meta Bright, through FBO, is having some success in pioneering our way to becoming a relevant sustainable energy solution provider for Malaysia.”

Taking into account the five contracts from the masjid and surau, Meta Bright’s order book stands at cRM 15.45 million.