India exploring energy transition partnerships with Singapore, Southeast Asia: Official

SINGAPORE: (Oct 29) India is exploring opportunities to accelerate the regional energy transition while ensuring energy security across Southeast Asia, starting with Singapore, where several alternative energy projects are already in progress, a senior Indian official said here.

Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairman of the Central Electricity Authority -- a statutory body under the Ministry of Power -- asserted that the need of interconnection has been highlighted to use the regional renewable resources in an optimal manner and a huge opportunity awaits if the South Asia and Southeast Asia grids are interconnected.

“One of the options is to have a direct interconnection between India and Singapore. This was in line with the ‘One Sun One World One Grid' principles, which originated from India. Through Singapore, the whole of the South East Asian countries will benefit,” Prasad told PTI on the sidelines of an international energy conference in Singapore.