Singapore began receiving hydropower from Laos wired through Thailand and Malaysia on Thursday, the city-state’s first renewable electricity imports as it looks beyond its borders to meet climate change goals.
Singapore is receiving up to 100 megawatts, the Energy Market Authority said in a press release, or enough for a little more than 1% of peak demand. The land-starved country hopes it's the first step to expanding low-carbon power imports to as much as 4,000 megawatts by 2035, or about 30% of its needs.
