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The revised renewable energy certificate standard will bolster trust in corporate sustainability reporting as the city-state expands electricity imports and solar generation, Minister of State for Energy, Trade and Industry Gan Siow Huang said at the Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES).
Rising electricity demand from data centres is putting pressure on the country to expand generation and grid capacity, but shorter-term commitments from some operators could make it harder to recover the cost of those investments, said the country’s energy regulator.
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