Tuas Power joins growing list of companies planning renewable energy imports
TUAS Power has joined a growing list of companies planning renewable energy imports into Singapore, as the Republic looks to diversify its energy supply and cut emissions.
The Singapore provider of energy solutions and multi-utilities announced on Friday that it tied up with Indonesia Power and EDF Renewables to develop a framework for the import of electricity from Indonesia into Singapore.
EDF Renewables is a wholly-owned subsidiary of low carbon energy company EDF Group. Indonesia Power is the power generation subsidiary of PLN (Persero), which operates power plants in Indonesia.
The memorandum of understanding signed on Sept 29 includes a proposed 1,000 MWp solar photovoltaic plant, feasibility studies in Indonesia and its grid connection to Singapore, as well as the development of technical solutions to address issues of supply intermittency and transmission stability, Tuas Power said in a statement on Friday.
Several moves and initiatives have been made to propel Singapore towards importing from greener sources in the region.
Just in March this year, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) sought proposals to appoint an importer for a two-year trial to import electricity from Malaysia - preferably from low-carbon sources. It said it would reject proposals for electricity imported from coal-fired generation sources.
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In the same month, solar energy provider Sunseap said it was forming a joint venture (JV) with Malaysia's largest utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) to trial the import of electricity from Malaysia.
Singapore will import 100 MW of electricity generated from renewable energy sources. If successful, the JV will invest in multiple solar farms across Malaysia and other forms of clean energy such as hydroelectricity, from TNB's existing plants.
More recently, Keppel Electric, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Infrastructure Holdings, signed an exclusive framework agreement with Laos state-owned electricity company Electricite Du Laos (EDL), to jointly explore opportunities in importing renewable energy into Singapore.
Under the agreement, EDL will export and Keppel will import up to 100 MW of renewable hydropower from Laos to Singapore via Thailand and Malaysia, using existing interconnectors under an import trial.
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