Corrected: Singapore to miss 2035 green-power import target, Wood Mackenzie says

Sembcorp Industries

07/10/2026 10:20

Corrects percentage in first bullet from 2% to 15%.
Oct 7 (Reuters) - Singapore is set to fall short of its 2035 target of importing 6 gigawatts of low-carbon electricity, a report from research and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie said on Wednesday.
The country has approved 9.25 GW of import capacity across six corridors, but none of the projects has reached financial close or begun construction, the report added. 
Here are the key points from the report:
Singapore generates up to 95% of its electricity from natural gas. By 2035, imported green power is likely to be at 15% of its power generation mix, roughly half of EMA's target of about one-third of projected demand at 6 GW.
Key obstacles include export permit regimes, project bankability, cross-border transmission financing and the lack of a mechanism for buyers to claim the carbon value of imported power.
Malaysia is the only corridor with a credible path to delivery this decade through an existing interconnector with up to 1 GW of capacity.
EMA approved 900 MW of imports from Johor, Malaysia, in August, including 300 MW for Sembcorp Utilities that could begin supplying power by 2029.
Sarawak, Malaysia, which has secured a cable supplier, is realistically targeting commercial operation in the mid-2030s.
Indonesia accounts for 37% of the approved pipeline, but progress has stalled due to export permit requirements and local-content rules.
Vietnam, Cambodia and Australia together account for 43% of the pipeline, though all remain at the conditional approval stage with no visible construction timeline.
Imported power must compete with Singapore's wholesale electricity price, while EMA has also expanded plans for hydrogen-ready gas-fired generation.

 (Reporting by Emily Ou Yong; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair)
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