Singapore beefs up muscle in solar and energy storage

The Energy Market Authority is also making it easier for consumers to sell excess solar energy back into the grid

Published Mon, Oct 23, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

SINGAPORE is taking its new energy ambitions a step further by developing its solar forecasting capabilities, enhancing a scheme for selling excess solar energy and installing an energy storage testbed on the grid.

This comes as Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean estimated at an industry event on Monday that solar energy could eventually reach up to 20 per cent of Singapore's energy mix.

Asked what he envisioned Singapore's energy mix to be like in 10-20 years during a question-and-answer session at the Singapore International Energy Week, Mr Teo noted that Singapore has limited options for alternative energy, but is "moving aggressively" in solar.

Under the government's current plans, solar could grow to about 6 per cent of the energy mix, he said, but if Singapore pushed the boundaries it could reach up to 20 per cent. The Republic currently has installed solar capacity of 145 megawatt-peak (MWp), compared to the monthly peak sys…