Opinion | How Singapore’s clean energy drive can support commitment to a greener Asean Power Grid

At Cop28 last year, 125 countries agreed to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 and double energy efficiency improvements. Half of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed this pledge, but even countries that did not have made national commitments to increase renewable energy and move to net-zero emissions. An Asean power trade will be crucial to ensuring that these commitments are met.

Singapore already has electricity trade projects with six other Asean members – Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia…