Frank Phuan's Equator Renewables Asia Teams Up With CREI, Unit Of China National Nuclear Corporation, To Supply Renewable Power From Riau Islands To Singapore

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : This marks the first project under ERA's flagship Singapore-Indonesia renewable energy programme, for which the company is among six firms granted conditional licences by Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) to import clean energy into the country.
66% : "Frank's deep understanding of Southeast Asia's renewable energy landscape, combined with CNNC's global engineering experience, will ensure the project's success.
63% : CNNC plays a central role in China's renewable energy expansion, with the country accounting for nearly 40% of global renewable capacity growth, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
60% : The partnership will focus on developing a large-scale clean energy project aimed at generating and exporting renewable power to Singapore from Indonesia's Riau Islands.
59% : The agreement was formally signed at the Asia Clean Energy Summit 2025 in Singapore by Frank Phuan, Founder and CEO of ERA, and Sun Jinfeng, Singapore Country Manager of CREI, in the presence of senior representatives from both companies.
59% : ERA was founded earlier this year after Frank Phuan acquired assets from EDP Renewables APAC, the Asia-Pacific arm of Portugal's leading renewable energy company, which had previously acquired Sunseap four years ago.
59% : CRE International is the renewable energy arm of CNNC, China's state-owned nuclear power company responsible for managing nuclear energy operations and related sectors.
57% : Once the project becomes fully operational, it is expected to supply approximately 2,100 GWh of renewable power annually -- enough to meet the energy needs of more than 350,000 Singaporean households while offsetting over one million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year.
54% : The project represents a multi-billion-dollar investment that underscores both companies' commitment to accelerating Southeast Asia's clean energy transition.

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