Renewal of Singapore-Laos clean power deal stuck over transmission issues, sources say

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Note the difficulty of Singapore depending on regional power grids or external grids (one of our four 'national switches') for energy security and for cutting carbon emissions...

 

the extension of a multilateral deal by Singapore to import hydropower from Laos is stuck due to disagreements over how the energy will be transmitted through Thailand and Malaysia

Extending the deal was also complicated by competition among economies for access to renewable electricity.

In December, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said the country had informed Laos that it will not allow electricity to pass through to Singapore as it wanted to purchase the power itself,