HDB closer to solar power target after awarding latest tender

Singapore

SOLAR panels are set to be installed in blocks of public flats managed by the West Coast and Choa Chu Kang town councils, in a move to reduce Singapore's carbon emissions and, in turn, the effects of climate change.

Work will begin in the current third quarter, said the Housing & Development Board (HDB) on Sunday when it announced that the tender for the job had been won by …