AsianScientist (Nov. 4, 2016) – Singapore will soon be home to Southeast Asia’s first large-scale offshore renewable energy system, based on hybrid microgrids that integrate solar, wind, tidal, diesel, and power-to-gas technologies.
The offshore renewable energy system will be built at Semakau Landfill by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) under the Renewable Energy Integration Demonstrator-Singapore (REIDS) initiative. It will have four hybrid microgrids that in total occupy over 64,000 square meters of land, or roughly about eight soccer fields, and over 3,000 square meters of photovoltaic panels, including energy storage systems that are already in operation.
Once all four hybrid microgrids are fully built, they are expected to produce stable and consistent power in the megawatt range, suitable for small islands, isolated villages, and emergency power supplies. They will also produce energy amounting to the equivalent of the average energy consumption of 250 four-room high-rise apartments for a year. Fish hatcheries and nurseries in Singapore will be among the first to be powered.
The four microgrid systems will be developed by ENGIE, GE Grid Solutions, LS Industrial Solutions and Schneider Electric. Other partners include Accenture, Class NK, DLRE, Renewable Energy Corporation, and Trina Solar. LSIS and Sony were also announced as partners at the recent Asia Clean Energy Summit in Singapore.
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Source: Nanyang Technological University.
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