ACQUIRING ELEMENTS OF SOLAR FARM DEVELOPMENT’S APPROVAL CONSIDERATION IN JOHOR

Authors

  • Mohd Shahrizan Sahid Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
  • Robiah Suratman Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
  • Hishamuddin Mohd Ali Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v19i18.1034

Keywords:

solar farming, land development approval, land use management, renewable energy

Abstract

In order to fulfil the increasing energy demand, Malaysia aims to reduce carbon emission by 45 percent by 2030, and becomes fully carbon neutral by 2050. However, promoting this energy has inevitably forced this new industry to face some drawbacks particularly related to land matters, especially solar farm development, which is still new in the country and does not have any proper guidance. As the control of land planning and development is under the responsibility of the State Authority as enshrined in Article 74 of the Federal Constitution, the implementation is different in each state due to different land policy known as the State Land Rules. Thus, selected respondents have been interviewed, and the findings have been acquired regarding the elements of solar farm development’s approval consideration from the perspectives of land administrator, planner, and developer. This leads to a direction to standardize a legal framework of the land approval consideration for solar farm development especially in Johor.

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Published

2021-12-14

How to Cite

Sahid, M. S., Suratman, R., & Mohd Ali, H. (2021). ACQUIRING ELEMENTS OF SOLAR FARM DEVELOPMENT’S APPROVAL CONSIDERATION IN JOHOR. PLANNING MALAYSIA, 19(18). https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v19i18.1034