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PacificLight sees bright future with solar energy

Its new project will allow S'pore to import renewable energy from Indonesia

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Local company PacificLight Power looks an improbable pioneer at first glance, but the firm is on the frontiers of the brave new world of renewable energy.

The company is working on an ambitious pilot project that will allow Singapore to import solar energy via subsea cables from Pulau Bulan, an Indonesian island near Batam, from around 2025.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 27, 2021, with the headline PacificLight sees bright future with solar energy. Subscribe