JTC extends solar deployment programme to privately-leased industrial buildings

IN A bid to ramp up Singapore’s solar capacity, JTC has extended its solar deployment programme to privately leased industrial properties “to make solar adoption easy, accessible and with zero capital outlay”.

These efforts are aimed at increasing the solar capacity from industrial estates to 900 megawatt-peak (MWp) by 2030, from the current capacity of 225.4 MWp, it said in a statement on Tuesday (May 23).

Privately leased industrial properties account for 72 per cent of the total potential solar capacity from industrial estates. Almost 400 companies in JTC’s industrial estates now have solar panels installed on their roofs.

Under the SolarRoof programme, companies can enjoy discounted rates from power generated from solar panels on their roof, or earn revenue by leasing their roof space for solar deployment.

Additionally, since last July, the minimum solar contract period for the programme has been cut to eight years from 15. “This enhancement allows companies with shorter lease tenures to also benefit from the programme,” said JTC.

Efforts are ongoing for progressive installation of solar panels across all JTC estates and vacant land. The installation of solar panels across all JTC buildings, vacant industrial land, as well as at sea, will raise capacity from 135.6 MWp currently to about 350 MWp when completed by 2030.

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While solar deployment is still “relatively limited today”, more companies are appreciating the benefits of installing solar panels on their buildings, said chief sustainability officer Tan Chee Kiat.

“Industry consultations were vital in helping us ease the process of solar adoption to onboard more industrialists,” he added.

Solar deployment across all feasible JTC buildings and vacant industrial land, privately leased industrial properties, as well as the deployment of floating solar photovoltaic panel systems near Jurong Island, could potentially generate 1,250 MWp, contributing to 60 per cent of Singapore’s total solar deployment target of at least 2 gigawatt-peak by 2030.

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