Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam have agreed to move electricity made from wind and sun across the sea. The energy will start in Vietnam, travel underwater, and reach homes and businesses in Malaysia and Singapore.
A group of companies from each country has joined to build this plan. From Malaysia, TNB and PETRONAS formed MY Energy Consortium. From Vietnam, PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) is part of the team. From Singapore, Sembcorp Utilities is involved.
Together, they signed a development deal. Their plan is to send renewable electricity through a new subsea cable. The power will go from Vietnam into the grid in Peninsular Malaysia. It will then move further to Singapore. This is part of a bigger regional project called the ASEAN Power Grid.
Malaysia’s power companies say this will help them become a hub for clean electricity in Southeast Asia. They believe it will help the region share power more smoothly.
Vietnam is focusing on offshore wind farms. These large turbines stand in the sea and use wind to make electricity. The country wants to use this project to help jobs, trade, and green energy. Singapore has set a target to bring in 6 gigawatts of clean power from abroad by 2035. That is about one-third of its total electricity use today.
In rural Malaysia, schools are getting rooftop solar panels. The total planned size is about 15 megawatts. Teachers and staff are being trained to manage the systems.
In Singapore, a floating solar test site in Pandan Reservoir is running with 2.5 megawatts. It also has batteries to store extra energy during the day. In Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan province, a solar plant of 100 megawatts is helping farms run water systems and tools without using fossil fuels.
