KUALA LUMPUR, A consortium between Citaglobal Bhd’s wholly owned unit, Citaglobal Renewable Energy Sdn Bhd, and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) has been shortlisted by the Energy Commission of Malaysia to develop a 200-megawatt (MW) large-scale solar (LSS) photovoltaic plant at Chereh Dam in Kuantan, Pahang.
In a Bursa Malaysia filing, Citaglobal said the consortium has received a letter of notification subject to specific conditions, including the signing of a 21-year solar power purchase agreement with Tenaga Nasional Bhd. The plant is targeted to begin commercial operations by Nov 30, 2027.
Once completed, the Chereh Dam facility will become Southeast Asia’s largest floating solar power project, overtaking the 145MW alternating current Cirata Floating Solar Plant in Indonesia, which was also developed by Masdar alongside PT PLN Nusantara Power.
Spanning about 303.51 hectares of water surface, the Chereh Dam solar plant will feature a peak generation capacity exceeding 300MWp and is expected to produce an average of 433 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of renewable energy annually—enough to power more than 100,000 Malaysian households.
