Singapore Greenlights New Plans to Import Malaysian Clean Power

Singapore gave conditional approval to import low-carbon electricity from a 1-gigawatt project planned in Malaysia’s Sarawak state, while also agreeing to explore a new 2-gigawatt cross-border link with Peninsular Malaysia.

The Sarawak connection will supply mostly hydropower and is expected to start operation in 2035, Singapore’s Energy Market Authority said Friday. A feasibility study is planned for the Peninsular link, which could open by the end of the decade, according to a separate statement from Singapore Energy Interconnections Pte Ltd, SP Group, and Tenaga Nasional Bhd.