Sembcorp opened Singapore’s first solar farm with an integrated rainwater harvesting system.
The Sembcorp Tuas Solar Farm has a combined solar capacity of 17.6MWp and is built across two sites. Estimated to be sitting on close to 10 hectares of temporary vacant land, the solar farm is designed to be modular and flexible, using mobile solar panels, a mobile transformer and hybrid SPPG substations, which can be redeployed when the land is needed for other uses.
- Sembcorp Tuas Solar Farm I: 16.1MWp solar energy system in Tuas Bay Lane
- Sembcorp Tuas Solar Farm II: 1.5MWp solar energy system in Tuas West Drive
A total of 33,580 solar panels have been installed across both sites, providing renewable energy channelled to the grid. The system is expected to produce about 22,025 megawatt hours of power annually, which is enough renewable energy to power about 4,681 four-room HDB flats for a year. This will also help to avoid over 8,900 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year, equivalent to planting close to 150,000 trees.
The Sembcorp Tuas Solar Farm I at Tuas Bay Lane is unique and incorporates a first-of-its-kind integrated rainwater harvesting system in Singapore. In addition to the generation of solar energy, this system also collects and treats up to 170,000 cubic metres of rainwater annually, which is equivalent to the amount required to fill 68 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
