Singapore to call for bids for new electricity generation capacity to be built by 2028

EMA will launch a request for proposals in the second half of 2023. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, April 10 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore will be seeking bids to increase its electricity generation capacity by 2028 to meet the growing energy demand as the Government moves towards a centralised process to coordinate such investments by the private sector.

The Energy Market Authority (EMA) will launch a request for proposals in the second half of 2023 – the first time in two decades that the Government is directly calling for such bids.