Singapore begins importing renewable energy from Laos via Thailand, Malaysia

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A move that marks the first multilateral cross-border electricity trade involving four Asean countries.

Up to 100 megawatts of hydropower from Laos will be brought into Singapore using existing interconnectors under the Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project - an inter-governmental project set up in 2014 to study the feasibility of cross-border power trade.

"The Asean power grid is a key regional initiative to enhance interconnectivity, energy security and sustainability through existing electricity interconnections," the joint statement added. The Republic had in October 2021 announced plans to import around 30 per cent of its electricity from low-carbon sources, such as renewable energy plants, by 2035, to reduce the carbon footprint of its power sector.

Still, Singapore's power sector can reach its net-zero target by 2050 by importing - among other things - clean energy generated elsewhere, the report by the Energy 2050 Committee has found. EMA is also working with power generation company PacificLight Power on a pilot to import 100 MW from a solar farm in Pulau Bulan, Indonesia.

 

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