WHAT IS NEM?
The concept of NEM is that the energy produced from the installed solar PV system will be consumed first, and any excess will be exported to TNB on a "one-on-one" offset basis. This scheme is applicable to all domestic, commercial, industrial and agricultural sectors as long as they are the customers of TNB. The PV systems can be installed at available rooftops or car porch within their own premises.
Based on FiT experience, solar PV is a technology that requires minimal construction and with high take up rate compared to other RE technologies. One factor driving such growth is the declining cost of solar PV systems in recent years. As solar PV technology is more applicable to the NEM scheme, it is one of the technologies that allows the public at large to play an active role in mitigating climate change. They can generate clean energy, hence reducing the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
The NEM scheme is ideally suitable to complement the current FiT and Large Scale Solar schemes in achieving the 20% national RE target in electricity power mix, reducing the dependency on imported fossil fuels.
