Serious Singapore sold power station to Malaysia, then import electricity from them

[Leepotism]

10/28/2020
Singapore to import electricity from Malaysia

SINGAPORE: Singapore will import electricity from Peninsular Malaysia under a two-year trial, said the Energy Market Authority (EMA) on Monday (Oct 26). The trial aims to "assess and refine the technical and regulatory frameworks" for importing electricity into Singapore, said the authority in a press release. CNA

After reading above I could only shake my head. Some were commenting why sold all our power stations away, one to Malaysian owner and now must import electricity from Malaysia? Is this a case of stupidity has no cure disease manifesting itself as another class act, a brilliant stroke of the pen to do the unthinkable and the end result must be good?

It cannot be. It is worse than stupidity has no cure. Remember our water problem and over dependence on Malaysian water and always got threaten and held at ransom by Malaysia? After great effort and expenses and enduring all the threats, Singapore finally broke free from this Malaysian blackmail by building several reservoirs of our own.

Now this. We had several power stations, now have nothing, all sold. Then we are going to the Malaysians to buy electricity. Are we not putting our head on the chopping block once again, to be held at ransom, to be threatened, from being independent of electricity, self sufficient to becoming dependent on Malaysia, our great friend up north all over again?

Who is the genius that came out with this brilliant idea? Or who is the 'khong cum' strategist who is putting Singapore into another compromising and precarious situation again? From self sufficiency to dependency from our most reliable friends up north. Mahathir must be smiling at the stupidity of it all. 'Can squeeze your balls again!'
Clap, clap, clap.

Is this part of the plan and requirement for 10m population?
PS. I am wondering if Singapore has a national body looking after the national and security interest of the country, like protecting strategic assets, like making sure foreigners are not put into positions that would compromise our security and national interest, like in charge of banks, control of IT systems, demographic distribution, in defence matters, control of the media and national narratives, etc etc?

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean at 8:06 am
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[laksaboy]

Remember all those clowns pestering you to sign up for a electricity retailer's plan to save on your bills? It gave the impression that there's a huge surplus of electricity in Sinkieland.

 

[50000]

It gave the impression that there's a huge surplus of electricity in Sinkieland.

I was told by a very reliable source from the industry that SG has double the production capacity vs the actual daily demand, take away the reserve and backup, there is still a surplus. this is probably another way to drive up the prices for us to suffer

 

[Rotaidalg]

PAP bestest.

 

[CPTMiller]

Govt ‘has interests of citizens at heart’: PM Lee

 

[laksaboy]

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Govt ‘has interests of citizens at heart’: PM Lee

Future China Global Forum? I highly doubt it.

 

[maxxi]

you think they have choice to keep it and the water plant ?

 

[horny]

There goes our independence.,....

 

[mudhatter]

 

[tanwahtiu]

Outdated technology need replacement. Scrap the plant and better to buy.

Anyway m&d are easy to cheat. Give them new technology they don't know how to use. Give them old tech they know to keep the status quo.

 

[mojito]

Remember all those clowns pestering you to sign up for a electricity retailer's plan to save on your bills? It gave the impression that there's a huge surplus of electricity in Sinkieland.

Impress is correct. Not mean can not buy cheaper foreign volts. Suckers own SG power plant is like player holding old maid card. Very evil the seller.

 

[glockman]

10/28/2020
Singapore to import electricity from Malaysia

SINGAPORE: Singapore will import electricity from Peninsular Malaysia under a two-year trial, said the Energy Market Authority (EMA) on Monday (Oct 26). The trial aims to "assess and refine the technical and regulatory frameworks" for importing electricity into Singapore, said the authority in a press release. CNA

After reading above I could only shake my head. Some were commenting why sold all our power stations away, one to Malaysian owner and now must import electricity from Malaysia? Is this a case of stupidity has no cure disease manifesting itself as another class act, a brilliant stroke of the pen to do the unthinkable and the end result must be good?

It cannot be. It is worse than stupidity has no cure. Remember our water problem and over dependence on Malaysian water and always got threaten and held at ransom by Malaysia? After great effort and expenses and enduring all the threats, Singapore finally broke free from this Malaysian blackmail by building several reservoirs of our own.

Now this. We had several power stations, now have nothing, all sold. Then we are going to the Malaysians to buy electricity. Are we not putting our head on the chopping block once again, to be held at ransom, to be threatened, from being independent of electricity, self sufficient to becoming dependent on Malaysia, our great friend up north all over again?

Who is the genius that came out with this brilliant idea? Or who is the 'khong cum' strategist who is putting Singapore into another compromising and precarious situation again? From self sufficiency to dependency from our most reliable friends up north. Mahathir must be smiling at the stupidity of it all. 'Can squeeze your balls again!'
Clap, clap, clap.

Is this part of the plan and requirement for 10m population?
PS. I am wondering if Singapore has a national body looking after the national and security interest of the country, like protecting strategic assets, like making sure foreigners are not put into positions that would compromise our security and national interest, like in charge of banks, control of IT systems, demographic distribution, in defence matters, control of the media and national narratives, etc etc?

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean at 8:06 am
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[Hypocrite-The]

Trial to import electricity from Malaysia a 'useful first step' as Singapore prepares to connect with regional grid: Experts
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SINGAPORE: A trial which will see Singapore import electricity from Peninsular Malaysia will be a "useful first step" in preparation for further moves to connect to the regional power grid, said experts.
Announced in late October, the trial will see Singapore import 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Malaysia for two years. This will make up about 1.5 per cent of Singapore’s peak electricity demand.
The move is part of Singapore's plan to strengthen the "regional grid architecture", said Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing in a keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Singapore International Energy Week in October.
“This will allow the region to share the clean energy sources that different countries may have, and we’ll start this with Malaysia," he said. "Once the concept takes off, we’ll be able to extend this to other regional players."
READ: Singapore to import electricity from Malaysia under two-year trial
Speaking to CNA, Professor Subodh Mhaisalkar, who is the executive director of the Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological University, said that with the trial coming after the recent announcement on the Laos-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP), connectivity among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would be the “ultimate goal”.
“I think the longer term play for us is not just to connect to Malaysia, but the longer term play is to connect to ASEAN. And if the ASEAN connectivity can be managed, that will be the ultimate goal and would allow us to meet our long-term emissions target,” said Dr Mhaisalkar.
“So, from that perspective, what we are doing with Malaysia for the first two-year trial is to really get ready for that.”
Earlier this year, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore announced their commitment to initiate cross-border trade of up to 100MW of electricity from Laos to Singapore via Thailand and Malaysia under the LTMS-PIP. This will be done using existing interconnections from 2022 to 2023.
Singapore currently has plans to develop “four switches” to guide and transform the energy supply. One of them is finding ways to harness regional power grids.
Mr Tan Congyi, who is head of the Urban Solar Group at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, noted that proving the feasibility of regional power grids could help “pave the way” for a regional electricity market in the future.
Potential implications include allowing the region to better co-operate on a bilateral or multilateral basis as well as connecting areas with surplus power capacity - especially from renewable sources - to areas with a deficit in power capacity, he explained.
READ: Commentary: Importing electricity from Malaysia is a good thing
‘PERFECT’ RENEWABLES
It would be in Singapore's interest to import carbon energy sources as part of the trial, noted Dr Mhaisalkar and renewables would be "perfect".
“(The trial is) very forward thinking and it would, in a way, create demand. Once the demand creation is happening, then new ideas and new investment opportunities are also present itself," he said.
At the same time, there could be other positive knock-on effects as a result of the move, noted Dr Mhaisalkar. For one, there could be new opportunities for Malaysia to set up solar energy farms, he explained.
“Overall we are not only contributing to Singapore's Paris Agreement goals, we would directly or indirectly contribute to adoption of renewable energy across areas across ASEAN."
As part of efforts to tackle climate change, Singapore’s aim is to halve its 2030 peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and to achieve net zero emissions "as soon as viable" in the second half of the century, Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean said earlier this year. This move is part of the country's long-term low-emission development strategy (LEDS).
In addition, Singapore will also enhance its nationally determined contribution (NDC) to peak emissions at the equivalent of 65 million tonnes of carbon dioxide around 2030 and expand the scope of its pledge to include a seventh greenhouse gas, nitrogen trifluoride, within this ceiling.
The enhanced NDC document updates Singapore’s climate pledge submitted in July 2015 under the Paris Agreement.
READ: Singapore targets to halve peak emissions by 2050, achieve net zero emissions 'as soon as viable' in second half of century
Given that Singapore has “ample spare capacity” when it comes to conventional electricity generation, importing electricity would only make sense if it helps to reduce carbon emissions, said Mr Tan.
This could be in the form of solar electricity from Malaysia orhydropower from Thailand or Laos at a later stage, he noted.
“One of the key challenges Singapore faces in scaling up our deployment of solar energy is the lack of space. We also lack other renewable energy resources such as wind or hydropower,” said Mr Tan. “Hence, tapping on regional power grids is one strategy we can explore to use renewable energy generated in other locations. The trial serves as a useful first step to help us get there.”
Experts also noted that the trial is unlikely to impact the cost and reliability of Singapore’s electricity supply.
“For a normal Singaporean, I don’t think it will have any impact,” said Prof Ashwin Khambadkone, who is an associate professor at the NTU's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“But what it (the trial) does is it provides us enough knowledge to see how we can handle it when the amount (of electricity imported) increases. That's the purpose of doing the trial,” he noted.
“Singapore already is in a situation where we have excess capacity. So, from a capacity perspective, we are not constrained. Reliability could be a concern if we were capacity constrained,” added Dr Mhaisalkar.
“We are not importing energy from a perspective of energy security; I think this is more a play, a longer term play for expanding our source of renewable energy.”
In their announcement in October, EMA had noted that one importer will be selected through an “open and competitive” selection process, with potential importers needing to demonstrate their supply reliability, credibility and track record, ability to secure demand from Singapore consumers, and manage the carbon output of generation supply.

 

[batman1]

Remember The strategy : BUY High,Sell low.

 

[tobelightlight]

PAP doesn't know how to be self-sustainable.

Good luck to Singaporeans who voted for this. PAP is not your friend. PAP needs you to keep them in power so they brainwash you to think you need them.

 

[amransan]

LOL singaporean still have this mentality that Malaysia is an enemy.
if malaysia is such a bad neighbor long time ago they cut off the fresh water and end up u guys have to drink toilet water opss new water lah and what happen to new water plant now? lets not go there lol??


ever since singapore seperated from malaysia both countries NEED each other!!!!!!
your hdb flats your roads are done by many malaysians contruction workers!!!!
even today many malaysian (and other nationality too) working in singapore and singaporean still think they are the enemy how low can u be!!!!
singaporean always goes to malaysia to top up their patrol and buy grossaries and go body massage happy hour if u still think malaysia is the enemy why go malaysia at all!!!

a frog in a well....

 

[tobelightlight]

singaporean still think they are the enemy how low can u be!!!!

Really? I don't think so. Only in this forum that boomers still think this way. New generations are not like that.
This forum has many unhealthy people.

 

[laksaboy]

Remember The strategy : BUY High,Sell low.

Lose money never mind, can recoup it easily by squeezing the Sinkie sheep, especially the 61%.

 

[laksaboy]

LOL singaporean still have this mentality that Malaysia is an enemy.
if malaysia is such a bad neighbor long time ago they cut off the fresh water and end up u guys have to drink toilet water opss new water lah and what happen to new water plant now? lets not go there lol??


ever since singapore seperated from malaysia both countries NEED each other!!!!!!
your hdb flats your roads are done by many malaysians contruction workers!!!!
even today many malaysian (and other nationality too) working in singapore and singaporean still think they are the enemy how low can u be!!!!
singaporean always goes to malaysia to top up their patrol and buy grossaries and go body massage happy hour if u still think malaysia is the enemy why go malaysia at all!!!

a frog in a well....

The whole premise of NS was imagining Malaysia to be the simulated enemy for military exercises. No need to pretend that's not the case.

 

[syed putra]

It says buy power from Laos through Thailand and malaysia.
I believe at one time, Thailand too buys power from malaysia during peak, which means about 8pm.