Singapore-Vietnam power export project to conduct sea parameters study in mid 2025
An offshore wind power project for exporting electricity from Vietnam to Singapore is set to deploy the Floating Light Detection and Ranging (FLiDAR) system for wind and metocean measurements in mid 2025.
Singapore's Sembcorp, an investor of the project, announced the task on Wednesday on the sidelines of the official visit of Vietnam's Party General Secretary To Lam to Singapore.
Party General Secretary To Lam (right) and Tow Heng Tan, chairman of Sembcorp Industries, at a meeting in Singapore on March 11, 2025. Photo courtesy of Vietnam News Agency.
The FLiDAR system will measure parameters such as wind speed, direction, and wave characteristics, with the study expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2026, Sembcorp added.
In August 2023, PTSC, a subsidiary of state-owned Petrovietnam, received a permit from to carry out wind, marine and geological surveys for the electricity export project. The permit features two locations covering 89,027 hectares and 98,897 hectares off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
In October 2023, Singapore's Sembcorp received conditional approval from Singaporean authorities to import 1.2 GW of renewable electricity from Vietnam.
In August 2024, PTSC and Sembcorp awarded wind & metocean measurement services and a geotechnical desktop study for the power export project to PTSC Geos & Subsea Services Co., Ltd (PTSC G&S). The package is a critical component in preparing and implementing an offshore renewable energy import-export project from Vietnam to Singapore.
In February 2025, Vietnam’s southernmost province of Ca Mau said it plans to build a grid to export electricity to Singapore and called on the Singaporean embassy to support the project.
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