KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Singapore has signed two cross-border power supply agreements with its neighbour Malaysia that could give it access to up to 3 gigawatts of low-carbon generation capacity, according to joint statements issued on Friday.
Singapore has granted conditional approval to Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd, in partnership with Malaysia’s Sarawak Energy Berhad, to import around 1 GW of low-carbon electricity from the state of Sarawak, according to Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry and Malaysia’s Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry.
“The project, powered primarily by hydropower, has been assessed as preliminarily technically and commercially viable and is expected to commence operations around 2035, subject to final approvals and subsea cable installation,” the two sides said during a meeting of ASEAN energy ministers.
Additionally, Singapore Energy Interconnections (SGEI), SP Group and Malaysian state utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad signed a joint development agreement to conduct detailed feasibility studies for a second electricity interconnection between Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia.
The proposed interconnector could support up to 2 GW of capacity by 2030, complementing an existing link that allows up to 1 GW of bi-directional electricity flows, they said.
(Reporting by Ashley Tang and Sudarshan Varadhan; Editing by David Stanway)
