A two-year trial that will see Singapore import 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Peninsular Malaysia began on Monday (Jan 30), after a joint agreement between YTL PowerSeraya and TNB Genco, says a Singapore-based news site.
It says this marks the first time that power from Malaysia will be supplied to Singapore on a commercial basis and YTL PowerSeraya is collaborating with TNB Genco to export 100MW of electricity from Malaysia to Singapore via the newly upgraded interconnector.
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The power will first be purchased from TNB Pasir Gudang Energy, a wholly owned special vehicle company by TNB Genco, before being exported to Singapore. The total represents 1.5 per cent of Singapore’s peak power demand, enough to power about 144,000 four-room HDB flats for a year.
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