Remote Sarawak Village regains 24-hour electricity after two years, and children can study again. EFS Group, alongside Planet QEOS Sdn. Bhd, has supported the restoration of Kampung Long Tap’s renewable energy system, helping restore access to a reliable power supply for more than 640 residents across 71 households in the remote Baram district of Sarawak.
The village’s solar power station was completely destroyed in a fire two years ago, with no injuries reported at the time, but the loss of its batteries and equipment left the community without dependable electricity ever since.
In the years that followed, daily life in Kampung Long Tap revolved around the limited hours of power available through diesel generators, forcing families to adapt their routines around an unpredictable supply while waiting for a permanent fix.
“When we visited Kampung Long Tap, it was clear that losing power for two years had changed the rhythm of everyday life here, from how children studied at night to how families cooked and stored food.
“It made this restoration deeply personal for our team, because it was never just about fixing equipment. It was about giving people back a basic certainty they had gone two years without,” said Darren Tan, Group Chief Executive Officer of EFS Group.
The project replaced the damaged Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and inverters while retaining the village’s existing 63.9kWp solar photovoltaic system.
“Because the original outage was caused by a battery fire, the rebuilt system was designed with that risk directly in mind: it now includes battery pack-level fire suppression and temperature monitoring alongside continuous cloud-based monitoring, on top of a guaranteed daily energy supply of approximately 180kWh over the next 10 years,” he said.
