Ending Sabah’s water crisis
STACKS of plastic buckets and towering water tanks are a common sight across Sabah’s west coast corridor. This is the stark visual reality of an exhausting “bucket culture” that haunts the region to this day. “Seeing families, our neighbours and staff constantly storing water in buckets is frankly heartbreaking in this modern era. It has […]
Skim Bekalan Air Ulu Padas nadi baharu bekalan air Sabah
SABAH cukup sinonim dengan kekayaan alam semula jadi, hujan yang tinggi dan jaringan sungai yang luas. Namun di sebalik kelebihan itu, negeri di bawah bayu ini sejak sekian lama bergelut dengan satu realiti yang melelahkan rakyat serta mengekang pertumbuhan ekonomi iaitu krisis bekalan air yang berulang. Bagi penduduk, gangguan bekalan air bukan lagi isu bermusim […]
Beyond dry taps: A new era for Sabah’s water security
KOTA KINABALU (May 9): For years, Sabahans have lived with a bitter irony: they are surrounded by some of the region’s most abundant rainfall, yet they often wake up to empty taps. For residents and business owners, rotational water cuts stretching up to six days have become an exhausting burden that impacts both daily life […]
Gamuda Ulu Padas Sabah Project To Integrate Massive Floating Solar
Gamuda Berhad’s Ulu Padas hydroelectric project in Sabah has been expanded to include a massive floating solar component, transforming it into an “Integrated Hybrid” energy hub. The group announced that its joint-venture company, Upper Padas Power Sdn Bhd has accepted a revised Letter of Notification (LoN) from the Energy Commission of Sabah that mandates the […]
Gamuda JV secures RM5.98bil contract for Ulu Padas water supply scheme
KUALA LUMPUR: Gamuda Bhd said Upper Padas Power Sdn Bhd (UPPSB) has secured the RM5.98bil contruction contract for Phase 1 of the Ulu Padas water supply scheme (SBAUP) from the Sabah State Water Department (JANS) today. Gamuda has an indirect interest of 45% in UPPSB, which is wholly-owned by UPP Holdings Sdn Bhd, its joint […]
Gamuda wins RM3.048bil contract for Ulu Padas Hydroelectric Project in Sabah
KUALA LUMPUR: Gamuda Bhd has accepted a letter of award from Upper Padas Power Sdn Bhd (UPPSB) to serve as the total development contractor (TDC) for the 187.5MW Ulu Padas Hydroelectric Project in Tenom and Sipitang Sabah, in partnership with Conlay Construction Sdn Bhd (Conlay). Gamuda has indirect interest of 45% in UPPSB via UPP […]
How Sabah is tackling its energy woes
PETALING JAYA: Sabah residents are no strangers to power cuts. For years, people living in Malaysia’s second-largest state have experienced waves of power outages. In May 2023 alone, two blackouts affected over 800,000 people, The Vibes reported. Earlier this month, Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor said the state’s power supply issues are largely the result […]
No more delays or excuses for Sabah infrastructure projects, says PM
KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants all development projects concerningwater and electricity supply and the Pan Borneo Highway in Sabah to be expedited. The Prime Minister said this included the Ulu Padas Hydroelectric Dam project in theinterior Tenom district, about 200km from here. “Don’t give any excuses for it to be delayed,” he said […]
Gamuda in RM4bil Sabah hydroplant joint venture
PETALING JAYA: Gamuda Bhd has entered into a joint-venture agreement (JVA) withSabah Energy Corp Sdn Bhd (SEC) and Kerjaya Kagum Hitech JV Sdn Bhd (KKHJV) toundertake a private finance initiative for the development of the RM4bil 187.5MWhydroelectric power plant in Tenom, Sabah. The undertaking will be in line with the group’s long-term environmental, social andgovernance […]