The first RfP will be published next month, with the aim of importing up to 1.2GW of clean power by 2027. The second RfP process, expected in the second quarter of 2022, will seek 2.8GW of clean power to balance imports by 2035.
This is part of efforts to decarbonise Singapore's power sector and improve energy security by diversifying sources of energy supply, the EMA said.
Total planned imports are expected to account for about 30 per cent of Singapore's electricity supply by 2035. Currently, Singapore uses natural gas to produce about 95 percent of its electricity. The island nation aims to generate 1.5 GWp of solar power by 2025 and at least 2 GWp by 2030, but land restrictions prevent larger solar deployments. It also plans to develop technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization and storage.
The EMA said it had been experimenting with importing power from countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Laos, in addition to receiving proposals to import power from the region and beyond.
The regulator will not accept the coal proposal, preferring to find power from low-carbon sources, but says non-renewable sources may be needed initially to make imports commercially viable or usable as baseload power.
Meanwhile, Malaysia will only be allowed to export non-renewable energy to Singapore, according to a statement from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources quoted by Bernama news agency. Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) recently said it plans to launch two Requests for Proposal (RfP) to import a total of up to 4GW of low-carbon electricity by 2035.
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