SINGAPORE: The Energy Market Authority EMA issued a second request on Friday for proposals to import low-carbon electricity into Singapore.
Potential importers will have to demonstrate their reliability, credibility, track record, cost-competitiveness, and ability to supply and manage carbon output of their power generation supply, said EMA.
Proposals for electricity supplied using coal-fired generation technologies will not be accepted.
Participants can submit non-binding proposals as an expression of interest for preliminary discussions with EMA before developing their proposals further for final submission, said the authority.
At any time during this period, EMA may award Conditional Approvals to viable and attractive proposals.
In November of last year, EMA issued its first request for proposals to import and sell about 1.2 gigawatts GW of electricity from 2027.
After the submission window closes in April, EMA received 20 proposals for solar, wind, hydro and geothermal power from Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand.
EMA said it will combine both proposal request exercises after first-round participants asked for more time to develop their proposals.
All proposals submitted in the first round will automatically be considered in the second round, without having to be submitted afresh.
Interested manufacturers are encouraged to submit their proposals to the EMA for consideration as soon as possible.
With this process in place, EMA said Singapore was on track to meet its imports target of 4 GW by the year 2035 - part of the country's push to decarbonise the power sector.