Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd will import about 300MW of renewable energy from a project featuring floating solar with 2.2GW of peak capacity and up to 4.3GWh of battery storage.
Singapore’s Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd will import about 300MW of renewable energy from a project featuring floating solar with 2.2GW of peak capacity and up to 4.3GWh of battery storage, according to a company statement on Friday.
The project will be undertaken by Sembcorp, Malaysia’s state-owned KPRJ Environment Sdn Bhd and Qua Energy, and operations are expected to begin in 2029.
Southern Solar Alliance Pte Ltd, a unit of Malaysia’s Ditrolic Energy Holdings, received approval to import 600MW from a solar and battery facility in Malaysia, and is also set to commence commercial operations around 2029, according to a separate release by the nation’s Energy Market Authority.
Both companies “will need to obtain all requisite approvals from relevant jurisdictions, conclude power purchase agreements with buyers, secure sufficient financing, and conclude various project development milestones in order to reach financial close,” EMA said.
The island nation, which depends on imported natural gas for most of its electricity, has so far approved plans to import clean power from countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Cambodia.
The project, designed to meet energy demand in both Singapore and Malaysia, will “leverage the existing and future subsea interconnection infrastructure between both countries to facilitate cross-border power flows,” Sembcorp said.
It’s the latest of several planned connections in Southeast Asia carrying low-carbon energy across borders.
Resource-scarce Singapore seeks to shore up energy security and meet its climate goals by importing about 6GW of low-carbon energy by 2035. - FMT
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