HDBs Experience in Solar PV System

Er Lim Ah Hee
DDERS HDB/BRI

HDBs Experience in Public Housing

1st Solar project
Eco precinct Serangoon North & Wellington C
Solar PV Procurement & Installation

Solar Leasing
Leasing way to go
Hybrid System with Battery Storage (ESSPV)

Moving Forward

Ist Solar experience

Blk 62 Toa Payoh
Use LED & standalone Solar PV

technology to optimize energy

consumption for staircase lighting at
Block 62B Toa Payoh

Solar PV for pavilion lighting at Block 106

Tampines. Hybrid system.
R&D for Solar PV energy at HDB Centre of
Building Research Solar Lab. Off Grid system.

Grid-Tied Solar system

EMA announced that Solar PV system can be

tied to Power Grid

Launched of Solar handbook.
Sharp increase in installation of solar in Singapore

Solar PV Procurement & Installation

1st Solar Test Bed

Location:
Serangoon North and
Wellington Circle

HDBs 1st EcoPrecinct Designed

with Solar PV
Incorporated
Location:
Treelodge@ Punggol

Tender for 2-in-1 Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BiPV) cum

Vertical Green at existing MSCP Blk 119 Edgefield Plains

The objectives of the Solar Capability Building Program are:

1) To build up expertise on
solar installations

PV System
Integration
(SI)
(40%)

2) Setup guidelines to regulate

the industry

PV
Panels
(60%)

3) Achieving cost effectiveness

4) Enhancing maintainability

Block 390 -393 Tampines Ave 7 Block 30 -34 Marine Crescent

Block 236 240 Bukit

Panjang Ring Road

7 precincts
Hougang Avenue 8
Jalan Bukit Merah
Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10
Bishan St 12
Kallang Bahru
Jurong East
Telok Blangah

Solar Installation Location: Woodlands & Simei

To manage the demands of a growing city

while ensuring energy resilience and
sustainable growth, the Solar Leasing
Model is an innovative business model
initiated by HDB BRI to increase Solar
Photovoltaic implementation with the
involvement of the private sector.

Solar Leasing Model

To manage the demands of a growing city

while ensuring energy resilience and
sustainable growth, the Solar Leasing
Model is an innovative business model
initiated by HDB BRI to increase Solar
Photovoltaic implementation with the
involvement of the private sector.

Solar Leasing Model

Solar Leasing
Locations

Capacity

Jurong East & Yuhua

2.33 MWp

CCK, Sengkang & Yishun

1.0 MWp

Ang Mo Kio

5.0 MWp

Marine Parade, Sembawang ,

38

Jurong , Tampines

MWp

SolarNova Programme
1st target of 350MWp for Whole of Government

by 2020
SolarNova Programme circular issued to WOG
Develop & issue SOP and FAQs
Discussion with interested Agencies

Moving forward
Contestability Pricing for Solar PV
Retail ($0.17 /kWh) vs Wholesale Energy Price ($0.07/kWh)

Battery Storage with PV

Solar Energy stored for common services 7pm -7am

Applicable for contestable blocks

Aggregation of Distributed Energy Storage System
Augment stability of the grid system

Moving forward
Solar Leasing still the way to go
To continue with solar leasing for contestable HDB

blocks
Integration with energy storage in mid-term
Exploration of long term solution of selling solar
energy to households

Thank You