PUBLISHED ONAugust 07, 2026 9:00 AMBYSean LerSingapore has granted conditional approval to two companies to import 900 megawatt (MW) of electricity from Johor.
The conditional approvals — for projects supplying power generated from solar and battery energy storage systems in Johor — were given to Sembcorp Utilities and Malaysian company Southern Solar Alliance.
This involves a proposed capacity of 300MW for Sembcorp and 600MW for Southern Solar Alliance — a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysian developer Ditrolic Energy Holdings.
"The conditional approvals build on the strong momentum in bilateral energy cooperation between Singapore and Malaysia," said the Energy Market Authority (EMA) on Friday (Aug 7).
It added that both companies are now working towards commencing commercial operations around 2029.
This includes obtaining all requisite approvals from relevant jurisdictions, concluding power purchase agreements with buyers, securing sufficient financing, and concluding various project development milestones in order to reach financial closing.
This is the second large-scale electricity project from Malaysia which has been approved by Singapore.
In October 2025, Singapore granted conditional approval to import 1 gigawatt of low-carbon electricity from Sarawak.
To date, the energy authority has granted conditional approvals and conditional licences to 13 import projects from Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Low-carbon electricity imports form a key part of Singapore’s strategy to decarbonise the power sector, which currently accounts for 40 per cent of the city state's carbon emissions, the authority said.
"EMA will continue to engage companies with credible and commercially viable import proposals that can contribute to the decarbonisation of the power sector," the authority added.
[[nid:739222]]
