Singapore to build renewable energy micro-grid

Singapore

SINGAPORE is building the region's first micro-grid to integrate multiple renewable energy sources as it scales up its expertise beyond solar power to become a clean energy hub in South-east Asia.

As the first public micro-grid in the world for such research, it has drawn interest from many industry players, said Nanyang Technological University (NTU), which is leading the project.

The Renewable Energy Integration Demonstrator Singapore (Reids), to be built offshore at Semakau Landfill, will test how solar, wind, tidal-current, diesel, storage and power-to-gas technologies can wor…