Singapore boosts green power to record high – yet still under 3% of total energy mix
Singapore boosted the share of renewables in its power generation mix to a record high last month, an analysis of the latest market data showed, as the country ramped up renewable imports and accelerated local solar power generation.
Domestic solar generation in May rose at the fastest pace since March 2024, and renewable imports rose for a third straight month to their highest in more than two years, lifting the share of renewables in the city state's power mix to 2.58 per cent, data from the National Electricity Market of Singapore showed.
Cross-border power trade is seen as key to easing regional reliance on fossil fuels amid growing data centre-driven power demand.
Senoko Power Station, the largest in Singapore, is primarily fuelled by natural gas. Photo: AFP
Singapore expects to meet 6 gigawatts, or around one-third of its power demand, from clean electricity imports by 2035, as Asia's second-smallest country has limited renewable energy potential. Gas-fired power plants in Singapore account for about 95 per cent of its power capacity.
In the five months through May, the data showed Singapore imported 122.7 million kilowatt-hours of clean power, or 0.52 per cent of total generation, the data showed.
It did not import any power during the same period last year, the data showed, and only started importing small quantities in the last quarter of 2024.
The share of imports in Singapore's power mix rose for a third straight month in May, displacing some fossil fuel-fired generation. Singapore's total electricity generation grew 0.4 per cent during the first five months, the data showed.
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