By Olivia Miwil - July 30, 2025 @ 3:49pm
KOTA KINABALU: The Kayu Madang landfill in Telipok, near here, will soon generate electricity for Sabah's capital, said Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) mayor Datuk Seri Dr Sabin Samitah.
According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, the population of Kota Kinabalu was estimated to exceed 600,000 in 2023, with an annual growth rate of about 2.5 per cent.
"This growth has wide-ranging implications for energy demand, solid waste management, and the need for a highly skilled workforce.
"A planned, forward-looking development strategy grounded in sustainability is therefore essential.
"The biogas initiative at Kayu Madang is timely. It offers a solution to the growing solid waste problem — which exceeds 850 tonnes daily in the West Coast area — while also serving as a catalyst for renewable energy generation, with a projected capacity of up to 2 Megawatts," he said during the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between DBKK and Petco Trading Labuan Company Ltd at a hotel here.
Under the agreement, Petco Trading Labuan Company Ltd will construct a biogas energy complex at the landfill, converting methane emissions from solid waste into energy.
Sabin added that the 2 Megawatts of electricity produced would be sufficient to power some 2,000 homes or several light industrial zones.
"This initiative aligns with the Kota Kinabalu City Strategic Plan 2025–2035 and the aspirations of the Kota Kinabalu Low Carbon City Action Plan.
"It also supports Target Three of DBKK's Low Carbon City Plan, which aims to reduce the city's carbon emissions by 45 per cent by 2030, in line with Malaysia's commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
"This project holds strategic value not just for the city, but also strengthens Sabah's broader ambitions towards green development and a circular economy," he said.
Present at the ceremony were Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor and his Assistant Minister, Datuk Abidin Madingkir.
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