Malaysia has been pushing companies and investors to focus on energy sustainability. PHOTO: REUTERS[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia on Tuesday (Aug 11) renewed a 10-year action plan to improve energy efficiency, targeting savings of around US$21.5 billion. The renewed National Energy Efficiency Action Plan will run until 2035 and aims to reduce energy demand by 11.6 per cent, according to a statement from the energy transition and water transformation ministry. The first action plan, which ran between 2016 and 2025, delivered electricity savings of 60,886 gigawatt-hours or approximately RM16.1 billion (US$3.9 billion), exceeding its target of 52,233 gigawatt-hours, Economy Minister Akmal Nasir said at the launch of the plan. Malaysia has been pushing companies and investors to focus on energy sustainability, with demand for power expected to rise substantially amid a boom in artificial intelligence infrastructure.