[pjc50]

I do wonder what the politics is that makes this a better deal than, say, Malaysia or Indonesia. Singapore itself is quite close to the equator, and Indonesia spans it.

[unmole]

Malaysia has a history of signing agreements with Singapore and then stalling or trying renegotiate the terms after the fact.

[notauser]

Any dispute which has a Wikipedia page (like the Malaysia/Singapore water dispute) is:

- Too complicated to assign blame to one party

- Futile to rehash in HN comments

[margalabargala]

It's futile to try to objectively analyze the dispute, sure, but it's both doable and reasonable to describe how one side feels when discussing their motivations.

[krisoft]

It doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong (or even if anyone is right or wrong). What matters is that that experience disincentivises Singapore from signing contracts with Malaysia if they don't have to.

[kristianp]

I'm no expert on the project, but I think the argument for Australia is the large tracts of land available for solar panels.

[wahern]

Per the article, Singapore has already approved projects to import electricity from Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

[seb1204]

First Projekt online wins.

[gandalfian]

Perhaps Australia has less clouds?

[threeseed]

Middle of Australia has a number of deserts with a dry and arid climate.

Versus Malaysia / Indonesia which is hot and humid.