Singapore tightens rules on renewable power claims to curb greenwashing
Companies can now count renewable energy certificates toward green electricity claims only if the power actually reaches Singapore's grid.
Singapore has revised its renewable energy certificate standard so that companies can claim to use renewable electricity only if the certificates are tied to power physically delivered to the city-state's grid, Gan Siow Huang, Singapore's minister of state for energy, trade and industry, said Tuesday.
Under the amended Singapore Standard 673 (SS673), renewable energy certificates (RECs) from overseas projects that do not supply electricity to Singapore can still show support for clean energy abroad. But they can no longer back claims that electricity consumed in Singapore is renewable, Gan said at the Asia Clean Energy Summit.
"The updated SS673 will strengthen trust in corporate sustainability reporting and reduce the risk of greenwashing concerns," Gan said, according to a piece published Tuesday by Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez in Eco-Business.
The change could also make clean power imports more commercially viable, since companies may pay more for certificates linked to electricity that actually flows into Singapore. On Monday, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) gave Sembcorp Utilities conditional approval to import 1.3 gigawatts of electricity from or through Peninsular Malaysia, drawing on sources that include Vietnamese offshore wind and Malaysian solar.
Singapore recently raised its solar target to 4 gigawatt-peak by 2035 and plans to put panels on carports, building facades, vacant land and water surfaces. Even so, the government expects solar to meet at most 10% of the country's electricity needs in 2050, which makes imports essential as it also studies nuclear and geothermal power.
This brief is based on reporting by Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez, published Oct. 27, 2026, in Eco-Business. Read the original: https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-tightens-renewable-power-claims-to-curb-greenwashing-boost-clean-energy-imports/
This article was produced with the assistance of AI tools and reviewed by an editor before publication.
