Keppel plans subsea cable to bring Indonesian solar power to Singapore's Jurong Island

Keppel is developing a subsea cable to transmit solar energy from Indonesia's Riau Islands to its Keppel Merlimau Cogen power plant on Jurong Island. The project, which holds a conditional licence from Singapore's Energy Market Authority for 300 MW of imports, would help Singapore diversify away from natural gas, which currently supplies about 95% of the country's electricity. If completed, the cable would land at a plant already being prepared for low-carbon fuels like biomethane, ammonia, and hydrogen. Singapore aims to import 6 GW of low-carbon electricity by 2035, covering about one-third of its energy needs. As of August, 13 conditional approvals have been granted to projects across Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Keppel's plants on Jurong Island, which can supply up to 25% of Singapore's power, would also feed the island's planned low-carbon data centre park, helping tech firms meet green energy requirements.