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10/26/2016 Consolidating solar, wind and tidal energy on Semakau Landfill Channel NewsAsia
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Consolidating solar, wind and tidal energy onSemakau Landfill
Posted 25 Oct 2016 19:32 Updated 25 Oct 2016 22:33
SINGAPORE: The region’s firstlargescale offshore power grid
system is being built on Semakau Landfill, consolidating power generated from multiple renewableenergy sources – solar, wind and tidal – as well as diesel and powertogas technologies, to ensure thatthese energy sources work well together.
The deployment of the offshore system’s first hybrid microgrid was announced on Tuesday (Oct 25) byEnvironment and Water Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli at the Asia Clean Energy Summit held atthe Sands Expo and Convention Centre.
The power grid system, which will have four hybrid microgrids occupying over 64,000 sq metres of landor about eight football fields, is being built by scientists from the Nanyang Technological University(NTU).
Once all four microgrids are built by the end of 2017, they are expected to produce enough energy topower the equivalent of 250 fourroom HDB flats for a year, NTU said. Fish hatcheries and nurseries atSemakau Landfill will be among the first to be powered.
Singapore is taking the lead in developing renewable energy solutions in Southeast Asia. “Thedeployment of this first hybrid microgrid is a big leap towards lowcarbon electricity production for the
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The offshore microgrid system will occupy over 64,000 sq metres of land or abouteight soccer fields. (Photo: NTU)
10/26/2016 Consolidating solar, wind and tidal energy on Semakau Landfill Channel NewsAsia
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nation and the region,” said NTU Chief of Staff and VicePresident (Research) Prof Lam Khin.
Such a hybrid microgrid system could be used to provide electricity on islands, remote villages, or inemergency situations, said NTU.
The hybrid microgrids at Semakau Landfill will be implemented in two phases.
The first phase, which has been completed, involved installing a microgrid facility with more than 3,000metre square of photovoltaic (PV) panels as well as a largescale energy storage system.
Work to build the other three microgrids will start at the end of this year.
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