SINGAPORE will increase imports of green electricity from fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as it seeks to decarbonise its power system to help meet its climate goals, an energy official said. Driven by growing demand for clean energy and limited land available for energy storage facilities, Singapore is “moving ahead with a plan to enhance power grid interconnections with Asean countries”, said Jonathan Goh, director for external relations at Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA). The city-state aims for one-third of its power demand to be met by imported green electricity by 2035, he told Caixin during an interview in Beijing earlier this month. The plan could be seen as Singapore’s latest effort to fulfil its climate pledges. In Oct 2022, the country set a target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Decarbonising the power sector is crucial to hitting this goal as generating electricity accounts for about 40 per cent of Singapore’s total carbon emissions.     https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/singapore-looks-asean-neighbours-green-power-meet-carbon-goals (ICE SINGAPORE)

Fonte notizia: The Business Times, 15 November 2024