No go for BTM Resources' Malacca waste-to-energy power plant project

PETALING JAYA: BTM Resources Bhd's plan to develop a municipal solid waste-to-energy generation plant in Malacca has come to a halt after the Department of National Solid Waste Management said it is not able to consider the application of setting up a such a plant there.
Last year, BTM's subsidiary BTM Western Power Green Energy Sdn Bhd (BTMWP) submitted an application and proposal to develop the RM435 million project in Malacca with a capacity of not less than 1,000 tonnes. BTMWP said it would develop, build, own and operate the project.
BTM entered into a memorandum of understanding with China Western Power International Pte Ltd and Sichuan No. 2 Electric Power Construction Co to tap into the reputation, experience and standing of Sichuan Power in power generation projects.
BTMWP entered into a heads of agreement with China's Sepco Electric Power Construction Corp for the award of an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning with finance contract to be executed at later stage for the municipal solid waste-to-energy generation plant in Malacca.