The electricity retailer Keppel Electric of Singapore, a subsidiary of Keppel Infrastructure Holdings (KI), has signed an exclusive framework agreement with Elec-tricite du Laos (EDL), the state-owned power supplier of Laos, as part of the Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP) to explore opportunities to import renewable energy into Singapore. Under the agreement signed between Keppel Electric and EDL, EDL will export and Keppel will import up to 100 MW of renewable hydropower from Lao PDR to Singapore via Thailand and Malaysia, using existing interconnectors under an import trial, Keppel announced on 15 September. The import of renewable energy from Lao PDR will allow Keppel Electric to diversify its energy portfolio. The trial electricity supply is expected to begin as soon as all technical, commercial, legal and regulatory arrangements have been finalized with the governments of the four ASEAN member countries, and after the execution of a binding power purchase agreement between Keppel Electric and EDL.
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