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OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOLAR, SMART GRIDS AND

GREEN BUILDINGS IN SINGAPORE

GOH CHEE KIONG

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CLEANTECH

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD

9 NOVEMBER 2016

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Singapore has made strong commitments to energy research since 2007

Under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 (RIE2020) Plan:

>S$900 million for R&D funding in Urban Solutions and Sustainability (USS)

until 2020, with energy being the largest component

Clean Energy as a Key Growth Area for Singapore

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

March 27 2007

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Epicentre for

Innovation and Commercialisation

• New technologies, applications

and business models

• Customisation for tropics

Global control tower for project

development and system integration

• Engineering centre

• Supply chain management

• Project development & financing

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Singapore is the regional hub for solar innovation and

project development

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Clean Energy Industry Focus Areas

Solar

Global leader in innovation

and project development

for urban solar

Urban Solar

Floating PV

Building

Integrated PV

Energy Management

Asian leader in innovation

and commercialization of

systems-level energy

management solutions

Grid Systems

Microgrids

Distributed Generation Integration

Energy Management

Systems

Building &

District EMS

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Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) Asia’s top solar research institute, outside of Japan

5 research domains

Novel PV

concepts Silicon PV PV modules

Solar Energy

Systems

Solar & Energy

Efficient

Buildings

Deputy CEO

Dr Thomas Reindl Prof Armin Aberle

International Research Leaders

CEO

2016: S$50m

collaboration on

revolutionary PV

module R&D

R&D collaborations with industry

LCOE Reduction

for Distributed

Solar Systems

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Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) Leading Research Institute for Innovative Energy Solutions

International Research Leaders R&D collaborations with industry

ERI@N Energy Smart, Research Innovation.

Flagships: EcoCampus & REIDS

Grid Integration of Renewables &

Electromobility

Sustainable Building

Technologies

Multi-Energy Systems & Smart Grids

Prof. Subodh M.

Executive Director

Prof. Teddy Püttgen

Senior Director

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Singapore is the solar hub for Asia Pacific

Wide range of regional HQ, R&D, system integration, project

development and manufacturing activities *This list is not exhaustive

International solar companies

Local solar companies

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Singapore has a growing Energy Management Ecosystem

Grid

Analytics Charging Service

Provider

Car Sharing Service

Provider

Developer of Smart

Charging Network

System

Smart Communications

Platform, Sales & Biz

devt team for Asia

Engineering Team for

AMI Solutions

Energy Mgmt Data

Analytics

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Smart Communications

Platform,

Project execution team

Home Energy Mgmt

R&D team

Smart Utilities

R&D team

Total Energy Solutions

Incubation team

Energy Management Systems

Smart Energy Business

Incubation Centre

Smart Grids/Microgrids

Services

Asian COEs

Green Data

Centres

R&D and

testbedding

Demand

Response

Demand Response

Provider

Asia Biz devt &

Project

execution teams

Regional

Headquarters Global HQ in cloud-

based energy mgmt

Electric Vehicles

Grid Simulation &

Modelling

Centre of Excellence for Grid

Simulation & Modelling

Fuel Cells

RHQs

H2SG

Smart Grids Centres of Competence/

Project Execution teams

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(Acquired Smart Meter

company EDMI)

World leader for

electronic products

and systems

Leading global IT

and network

service provider

Leading Power,

Water, Rail, and

Industrial Systems

provider

Leading smart

meter manufacturer

for utilities

Sin

gapore

Total Energy

Solutions R&D

and Test-Bed

Smart

Energy/ESS

Team

Power R&D,

Manufacturing

and Regional

Headquarters

Smart Meter

R&D and

Regional

Headquarters

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Strong Presence of Japanese Cleantech Companies in

Singapore

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Singapore’s Energy Landscape

• 1.3 million households

• Smart Meters, Demand

Response

• Business models around

solar, storage

Electricity Market Liberalisation by 2018

• 95% Power Generation by

Natural Gas

• Solar <1%, but growing

exponentially

2MWh/month

2016

Full Retail

Contestability

2018

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LOADS GENERATION SOURCES

TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION

Thriving EV/car

sharing ecosystem

High solar

penetration with

leading

expertise in

intermittency

management

Natural gas

trading hub;

vibrant energy

derivatives

market

World-class

grid infra in stability

and efficiency Sophisticated

implementation of

behavioural economics

for energy users

Demand

response

adoption and

acceptance

Integrated approach to develop global leadership

in sustainable energy management

Singapore Aspires For Leadership In Sustainable

Energy Management

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Singapore’s Key Clean Energy Initiatives

SolarNova

LOADS GENERATION

SOURCES

TRANSMISSION &

DISTRIBUTION

EV Phase 2

Singapore Power

Centre of

Excellence

REIDS Energy

Demonstrator at

Semakau

Floating PV

Demand

Response

Energy Storage

Programme

EcoCampus

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Demand Aggregation of public

rooftops

Contribute to achievement of Solar

targets

Tenders called every 6 months

350 MWp of solar

by 2020

SolarNova Programme Government taking the lead for solar adoption

Hawker

Centres

Public Housing

Estates (HDB)

Schools

Source: The Straits Times, 16 October 2016

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S$11mil floating PV trial project by EDB, PUB and SERIS in Tengeh reservoir

Benefits: (i) improved module performance, (ii) reduced water evaporation

10 PV systems totalling 1MW in Phase 1, 2-3MW of systems in Phase 2

Floating PV Test-bed

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Pilot and Scale 3rd Green Building Masterplan

International Reach of Green

Mark 80% of buildings Green Mark certified

Expanded to 71 cities in 15 countries

$52m Green Buildings Innovation Cluster

(GBIC)

• National Building EE Repository One stop reference for R&D data

• Energy Efficient Demonstration Mixed building types

• Capability Building Groom green buildings professionals

Global Leadership in Tropical Green Buildings New Initiatives

Singapore’s lead demand provides

opportunities to develop and export green

building capabilities

Zero Energy

Building

BCA

Skylab

Official Launch

@ IGBC 2014

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2.5 sq km

120+ Buildings, 10 mil sq ft built area

40,000+ People studying/working,

including12,000 residing on campus

5MW Solar PV, 7 mini-district cooling plants

MOUs signed with DSTA, Ascendas and CAG to

deploy technologies outside campus

Nanyang Technological University

NTU EcoCampus – Greenest Campus in the World

35% Reduction in Energy,

Water and Waste intensity

by 2020 (baseline: 2011)

To be the

Greenest Campus

in the world

Vision for 2020

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KEY COLLBORATORS

World-class smart grid infra at the heart of managing supply

& demand

Singapore Power Energy

Advanced R&D

Foster stronger

partnerships with industry

players

Living Lab for Smart

Grid Technologies

Singapore Power Living Lab Platform

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Renewable Energy Integration

Demonstrator Singapore (REIDS)

Southeast Asia’s first hybrid micro-grid which will test integration of solar, wind,

tidal, diesel, storage and power-to-gas technologies at Semakau Landfill

4 microgrids led by global

leaders in the power industry

Plug-and-play platform for

microgrids solutions

Connectivity to regional markets

Latest Announcement:

MoUs with NEA, global solution

providers and regional

technical adopters

ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM

SOLAR PANEL

TIDAL TURBINE

WIND TURBINE

REIDS Members:

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Energy Storage Testbed

• $25m Energy Storage Program

• 6 MW deployed at 3 substations

• Large scale ESS for various grid applications

• Identification of suitable ESS for tropical,

urbanised environment

• Develop standards and regulations

• RfP closed, to be awarded Q12017

• Strong interest from industry

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ev

•Smart Sensors

•Contextual advertising

•Marketing analytics

+ - •Advanced battery tech

•Energy storage

•V2G

•Testing & Certification

•Standards development

2) Advanced Mobility Systems

3) Smart Cities Applications

1) Energy Management

4) Supporting Services

•Autonomous vehicles

•Charging tech (e.g. wireless)

•Intelligent transport systems

Electromobility: A growing Ecosystem

1000 EVs, 2000 Charging Points

One-way car-sharing model

Open Innovation Ecosystem

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Financing Ecosystem

RE Debt Financing Advisory /

Consultancy

Equity Players

First Business Trust

Framework in the Word

Multilateral / Export

Credit

Equity Players RE Debt Financing Advisory /

Consultancy

First Business Trust

Framework in the World

Multilateral

Export / Credit

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