The Sarawak authorities could also be main the cost with regards to hydrogen energy, Peninsular Malaysia isn’t too far behind. The ministry of science, expertise and innovation (MOSTI) can even be bringing in three items of the Toyota Mirai to be trialled on the western aspect of the nation within the first quarter of 2025, based on The Star.
Minister Chang Lin Kang stated the pilot, which can even contain cellular hydrogen fuelling stations, is a part of Malaysia’s aim to have equal gross sales of hydrogen, petrol and electrical autos by 2050. “This initiative is a step in the direction of establishing Malaysia as a frontrunner in clear vitality within the area.
“The imaginative and prescient for a hydrogen economic system positions hydrogen as a clear, low-carbon vitality supply that’s able to changing conventional fossil fuels and changing into a key element of a clear vitality portfolio. As a carbon-neutral vitality supply, hydrogen provides inclusivity and advantages for trade stakeholders,” he informed the publication.
Chang added that his ministry will retain the usage of one of many Mirais to advertise the usage of hydrogen. “We are going to carry within the Mirai and conduct promotional actions. It will function an indication of {our capability}, proving that it’s road-ready and can be utilized successfully,” he stated, including that it’s important for the federal government to advertise hydrogen vehicles along with EVs, provided that the previous solely emits water.
The three vehicles can be fuelled by the aforementioned cellular hydrogen stations arrange in both Putrajaya or Cyberjaya. “The entire price range for the Cell Hydrogen Refuelling Station (MHRS) cyber undertaking is round RM12 million, with larger preliminary value because it’s the primary within the peninsula,” Chang stated.
The transfer to trial hydrogen-powered autos is according to Chang’s feedback in October 2023, throughout which he stated MOSTI was creating a Hydrogen Financial system and Expertise Roadmap (HETR) to place the nation inside the profitable international hydrogen ecosystem, projected to be price US$189.19bil (RM834.33bil) by 2050. “The hydrogen economic system is seen as a viable resolution to Malaysia’s financial challenges, which embrace plans to section out petrol subsidies,” he stated.
The necessity to shift away from petrol energy is urgently wanted because it’s been reported that Malaysia’s oil and gasoline reserves could solely final one other 15 years, based on the reserves life index. However Chang nonetheless doesn’t anticipate hydrogen vehicles to be fashionable for one more decade, because the nation has but to supply its personal and even on the worldwide scale, solely the Mirai and the soon-to-be-replaced Hyundai Nexo are at present provided on the market.
“There’s, nevertheless, speedy growth in freight transportation with gas cell expertise, with corporations like Hyzon, Hyundai and Nikola making important progress,” he stated, including that Malaysia’s hydrogen economic system targets lengthen past mobility, encompassing your entire hydrogen worth chain together with manufacturing, transportation, storage and end-use in industries, energy era and transportation.
The opposite drawback dissuading wider adoption is hydrogen gas prices, particularly for eco-friendly inexperienced hydrogen. Manufacturing of the gas at present prices round US$6 (RM28.15) per kilogram, which means {that a} full tank of 5.65 kg for the Mirai would value round US$33.90 (RM159) for a variety of 800km.
Nonetheless, the change to focused subsidies will progressively slender the price hole between petrol/diesel and new vitality sources. This can be helped by the import, excise and highway tax exemptions for hydrogen autos, much like EVs, as a part of HETR. Subsidies can even be provided, akin to these China at present supplies for EVs.
Malaysia can also be working to section out gray hydrogen, produced utilizing fossil fuels equivalent to pure gasoline and coal, in favour of blue hydrogen that provides carbon seize and storage expertise to cut back emissions. The final word aim is the transition to inexperienced hydrogen that’s made utilizing renewable vitality, lowering dependency on fossil fuels and mitigating local weather change by carbon impartial initiatives.
GALLERY: 2024 Toyota Mirai and cellular hydrogen station in Malaysia
Seeking to promote your automotive? Promote it with Carro.
