Sabah Environment Protection Association (SEPA) and the residents of Taman Millinium has called on the Asistant Minister YB Pang Yuk Min and State Authorities to relocate the Kubota Power Plant to an industrial area far away from the residential but were completely ignored.
SEPA and the residents of Tawau were worries on their safety, value of their properties, and long term effect of their health being exposed to burning diesel, sound and vibration.
The Kubota Power Plant two diesel tanks with millions litters of diesel were build close to the road reserve and should an accident occur, the residents of Taman Millinium will be in great danger.
Moreover the power plant with two tall chimneys, built dangerously close to our Electrical Transmission Station and have a potential of attracting lightning strike to our transmission station causing a total black out to the many areas of Tawau for a long period of time.
The Tawau town council have no right to approved these project near Taman Millinium, knowing that the area was zoned residential and the land belong to the Rakyat under Land acquisition Act for Electricity Transmission only
As the Rakyat pay for the land, SESB being part of a listed company have no right to use the land to build a power plant close to a Taman and power plant fall under the category of Industry, therefore failed in their corporate responsibility and the law.
Since the state authorities fail to resolve our grievances we therefore SEPA and the Residents of Tawau are now in court to file our case for judiciary review.
Coming to Court for judiciary review will be our prime action to protect the environment impact, health, safety and value of the resident properties.
Those who wish to assist in our legal course, can donate online to our bank Account
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SABAH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
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WONG TACK
PRESIDENT
Sabah Environment Protection Association
An environmental impact assessment (EIA) carried out on the Kubota Power Station project in Kubota near here found that the impact of noise and smoke on the surrounding areas is far lower that the requirement set by the Department of Environment (DOE).
ReplyDeleteThis included sending notifications to the relevant agencies to obtain their approval for the project to be implemented at the proposed location, he added.
DeleteThis included sending notifications to the relevant agencies to obtain their approval for the project to be implemented at the proposed location, he added.
DeleteAbd Razak said the approval for the project was obtained in November last year. As such, the proposed construction of the power station met the necessary requirements of SESB in Sabah and the Labuan Federal Territory, he added. A few days ago, a local newspaper quoted a non-governmental organisation as saying that the power station project would have negative effects on the surrounding areas.
DeleteAbd Razak the generation capacity of power stations in Tawau at the moment was about 64MW a day compared to the peak demand of more than 90MW.
DeleteThe Kubota power station project was crucial to stabilise power supply in Tawau pending completion of the LNG station in Lahad Datu, with a capacity of 300MW, expected in 2015, he added
DeleteLokasi pembinaan harus strategik agar tidak membahayakan mana-mana pihak.
DeleteKelemahan yang ada perlu di perbaiki untuk kebaikan bersama.
DeleteSESB will continue with the implementation of the 64MW Kubota power plant project in Tawau as it is for consumers throughout the East Coast of Sabah
ReplyDeletepermintaan penduduk ini perlu didengar juga. Mungkin perlaksanaan Loji Kubota itu akan menjejaskan kawasan tersbut.
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DeleteIni mungkin akan ada kesan masa panjang seperti kesihatan penduduk. Apa pun bawa berbincang akan perkara ini.
kita tidak mahu perkara yang tidak diingini akan berlaku disebabkan oleh masalah ini.
DeleteKelemahan harus ditanggani.
DeleteSuara penduduk harus di dengar juga, agar tidak timbul banyak masalah.
DeleteJika ada pemantauan, pasti projek ini akan berjalan dengan lancar.
DeleteSESB will go ahead with the proposed 64 Megawatt power plant project at Kubota in Tawau
ReplyDeleteSurely these will benefit more people. Good luck.
DeletePasti akan memberi banyak kebaikan kepada penduduk tawau.
Deletethey had carried out the necessary procedures needed to build the plant
ReplyDeletethere might be confusion over SEPA’s claim that the power plant would not be used to meet needs in the east coast but would instead be connected to the grid to boost supply to the west coast.
ReplyDeleteThere is no power generated in the east coast; it is supplied by the west coast. Now with the power station, what is produced is injected into the grid which will help the whole grid to be more stable as well as reliable. That is the way the electricity industry grows
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of government would allow its citzensto be cooked alive.you have no more conscience. 100 metres from housing estate
ReplyDeleteA geothermal power plant costing about RM419 million is being built by Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE) at Apas Kiri , Tawau.
ReplyDeleteThe project will be funded by the local financial institutions and has qualified to receive a grant from the Private-Public Partnership Unit of the Prime Ministers Department for access road and water treatment plant.
DeleteGeothermal power plant is a form of renewable green energy, which does not require any fuel burning or combustion to produce heat or electricity. It emits little carbon dioxide, no nitrogen dioxide and very low amounts of sulphur dioxide.
DeleteThe advantages of using geothermal power is it provides clean energy, renewable and sustainable, easy on the land and conserves fossil fuels and contributes to biodiversity in energy resources.
DeleteThe geothermal power plants are producing over 9,200 megawatts of electricity to 21 countries and supply to 60 million people. Other uses of geothermal are for agriculture, industrial, aquaculture, buildings, factories and tourism industries.
DeleteProjek ini harus dipantau dan ini akan membawa lebih banyak manfaat kepada rakyat,.
DeleteSESB has given an assurance that all specifications in the construction of the Kubota power plant in Tawau will be met.
ReplyDeleteThe developer of the project had also appointed an expert to carry out several impact studies on the power plant as required.
ReplyDeleteThe reports indicated minimal impact to the surrounding of the project. On the issue of the project site, the land had been gazetted for electrical infrastructure projects.
ReplyDeleteThe RM80 mil project consists of gas-fired turbine generator, with an installed capacity of 64MW and is expected to reduce the impact of power outages in Tawau especially if there were problems along the Sabah grid interconnection.
ReplyDeleteNote that this interconnection is the only east-wast transmission lines that transmit power from west coast to Sandakan, Tawau, Lahad Datu and the whole of the east coast.
DeletePeak demand/load for Tawau is expected to increase to 96MW by 2015.
Deletehal ini kena dibincang dan diselesaikan dgn baik.
ReplyDeletePasti projek ini telah di pantau dan di nilai dengan sepenuhnya agar ia berjalan dengan lancar.
ReplyDeleteSabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) Managing Director, Hj Abd Razak Sallim clarified that the Kubota Power Plant construction in Tawau is a short term effort to cater to the growing electricity load demand, following the cancellation of the 300MW coal power plant in Lahad Datu.
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ReplyDeleteHe said the project will also focus and take into account the capacity and critical evaluations of the contractor to ensure the project will be completed on time and following specifications.
ReplyDeleteHe also said the appointment of contractors for the said project is based on a strict process.
The generator, owned by Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), is a standby generator transferred from Teluk Ewa in Langkawi, which had cost the federal government RM80 million to transport.
ReplyDelete"SESB has limited number of workers to handle and maintain the generator as most of our workers are being used at other diesel powered generators statewide and Labuan, SESB has decided outsource the handling of the generator in Kubota.
ReplyDelete"However, we have yet to finalise the real operational and maintainence costs," he said in response to a representative from Democratic Action Party (DAP).
ReplyDeleteAbd Sallim stressed that SESB practised a transparent administration and will provide information only with facts.
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