Recently, Singapore based renewable energy company Equator Renewables Asia and China National Nuclear Corporation's subsidiary, Huineng International, officially signed a cooperation framework agreement. The two sides will jointly develop a 900MWp photovoltaic power station and a supporting 1.2GWh battery energy storage system in the Riau Islands of Indonesia. After completion, the generated electricity will be transported across borders to Singapore, becoming a key step in promoting clean energy interconnection in Southeast Asia.

The total investment scale of this project is billions of dollars, and it is expected to be completed and put into operation in 2029. The project can generate approximately 830 GWh of green electricity annually, effectively alleviating Singapore's dependence on fossil fuels and helping it achieve its low-carbon transformation goals. According to the division of labor, Huineng International will lead the investment, construction, and operation of the project, while ERA is responsible for transmission system management and general contracting and coordination of power engineering.

This cooperation was officially signed on October 28th during the Singapore Energy Week event. The project is designed as a "full-time 150MWp photovoltaic storage system", which achieves stable output and efficient consumption of renewable energy through the coordinated configuration of photovoltaic power generation and battery energy storage, and improves the reliability of the power grid.

It is worth noting that ERA was formerly known as Sunseap, a leading distributed photovoltaic company in Southeast Asia. In February 2022, the company was acquired by Portuguese energy giant EDP for 600 million euros, with a 91% stake, and restructured as ERA this year, continuing to focus on the development and operation of renewable energy projects in the Asia Pacific region. Keywords: Southeast Asian Engineering Information Network

This cross-border power transmission project is not only an important practice of cooperation between Chinese and Singaporean enterprises in the third-party market, but also marks a new stage of cross regional collaboration in Southeast Asia's energy structure transformation. After completion, the project will become a demonstration project for large-scale transmission of green electricity from Indonesia to Singapore, providing replicable commercial and engineering samples for regional energy cooperation and green development.Editor/Cheng Liting