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Singapore grants conditional approval for 1.75 GW of power imports from Australia
The conditional approval for the project, which is expected to be operational after 2035, recognises the technical and commercial viablity of the Sun Cable project, the EMA said.
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A general view shows the night time city skyline in Singapore on March 26, 2022. With huge data centers set to drive up already outsized energy demands, the tiny city-state of Singapore is looking to Australia's deserts and Malaysia's rainforests for clean power. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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ingapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) said on Tuesday it has granted conditional approval to Sun Cable to import 1.75 gigawatt (GW) of clean power from Australia.
The conditional approval for the project, which is expected to be operational after 2035, recognises the technical and commercial viablity of the Sun Cable project, the EMA said.
"Sun Cable will need to update its proposal to demonstrate fulfilment of EMA's required conditions precedent before the project can be considered for an award of conditional licence," it said in a statement.
Singapore's power sector currently accounts for 40 percent of all emissions in the country, and the EMA is seeking to import around 6 GW of clean power by 2035 in a bid to cut emissions.
EMA has already granted conditional licences for 2 GW of clean electricity imports fromIndonesia, and conditional approvals for 3.6 GW of imports Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam.
