One of the world’s largest single floating solar photovoltaic (PV) systems will find a home in the waters of Singapore’s Tengeh Reservoir by 2021.
National water agency PUB is seeking proposals from companies to design, build, own and run the nation’s first large-scale floating system of solar panels to power water treatment processes.
Covering an area the size of about 45 football pitches, the floating solar farm can power up to 13,500 four-room Housing Board flats annually.
Two smaller floating solar PV systems will also be deployed by PUB at Bedok and Lower Seletar reservoirs by next year (2020) for the same purpose.
Alongside the conversion of food waste into agricultural compost and the use of water sludge to produce biogas as an alternative energy source, these floating solar PV systems are yet another tool in the nation’s arsenal to thrive in a resource-constrained world.
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli announced this project at the Ecosperity Conference 2019 yesterday (6 Jun) as he outlined a multi-pronged strategy to strengthen Singapore’s defences against climate change and build economic sustainability.
Businesses also have a key role to play in helping to fight climate change. DBS Bank had previously stated that it would stop funding new coal-fired plants beyond existing commitments and increase financing for renewable energy instead.
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Source: The Straits Times, 7 June 2019