KUCHING: Sarawak plans to export more power to neighbouring countries as part of efforts to realise the Borneo Power Grid and Asean Power Grid, says Datuk Seri Julaihi Narawi.
The state Utility and Telecommunication Minister said Sarawak was targeting to export at least 30MW to Brunei, which was currently at the consultation and feasibility stage.
He said Sarawak also planned to export 1GW of power to Singapore after receiving conditional approval from the republic's Energy Market Authority on Oct 17 last year.
"This approval recognises the project's feasibility and readiness to move to the next phase of development.
"Commercial discussions and technical developments have commenced following approvals from Malaysia's National Security Council in December and Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority in February," he told the Sarawak Legislative Assembly in his winding-up speech on Monday (May 18).
Julaihi also said there were early discussions on exporting 1GW of power to Peninsular Malaysia.
He said Sarawak began exporting 30MW of power to Sabah on Dec 13 last year, besides 100MW to West Kalimantan since 2016.
"Cross-border power exports will position Sarawak as the Battery of Asean," he said.
