Oil-rich Brunei to have solar power plant

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP)

Osamu Ito, general manager of Mitsubishi’s operations in the tiny kingdom, said construction was under way after a groundbreaking ceremony this week, and that the facility will be operational by mid-2010.

Although Brunei is blessed with abundant natural energy reserves, the government is keen to pursue energy conservation, he said.

“The government wants to promote other energy sources in order to more effectively utilise their precious natural resources,” Ito told AFP.

AFP