SINGAPORE : Total, through its wholly-owned affiliate Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) dedicated to distributed solar energy, has completed building, and is now operating the solar power system to supply clean energy to the Singapore LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Terminal, operated by Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd (SLNG). The carbon reduction of the LNG supply […]
Floating solar farms may do more harm to environment than good
I would like to thank Forum contributor Leslie Lim for reinvigorating the discussion on whether solar panels are in fact counter-effective in reducing local warming Installing rooftop solar panels may not result in much energy savings. Most commercially available solar panels are between 15 per cent and 22 per cent efficient. The efficiency of solar […]
Lessons from Singapore: How to generate solar power in a city without much space
Singapore is utilising floating solar farms and vertical panels to increase its clean-energy supplies due to a lack of space. The model could be used in other densely populated land-scarce cities. Floating solar farms can generate more electricity than rooftop or on-ground installations and can protect lakes and reservoirs from rising temperatures. A floating solar […]
Sustainability through renewable energy: Comparing India and Singapore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed the country’s vow to install 450 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030 which is five times the current capacity and two and a half times its Paris pledge. Singapore: Last week, at an event coinciding with Earth Day (April 22), US President Joe Biden hosted a climate conference with other […]
Land-starved Singapore Turns to Floating Solar
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Singapore is betting on floating solar farms and vertical panels to increase its clean-energy supplies and cut carbon emissions, a model that could work in other densely populated cities, urban experts said. With renewable energy options such as wind, hydro, nuclear and biomass ruled out, solar photovoltaic (PV) is the […]
Singapore to use Floating Solar Farms as Land is Densely Populated
Singapore is giving a push towards sustainable energy, with floating solar farms. Being a densely populated country, they have limited land area. Innovative methods to meet the requirements in renewable energy production are much needed. The other sustainable energy production like wind, hydro, and biomass were ruled out as they need land. Furthermore, floating solar […]
Maxeon Solar Technologies Announces Public Offering of Ordinary Shares
SINGAPORE : Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. (Maxeon) (NASDAQ: MAXN) today announced that it is offering to sell, subject to market and other conditions, $125,000,000 of ordinary shares through an underwritten public offering. Maxeon also intends to grant the underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days after the date of the final prospectus supplement, to purchase […]
Singapore Dealer Prepares Vault for 15,000 Tons of Silver
Inside a six-story high warehouse near Singapore’s Changi airport, a vast hangar-like space is waiting to be filled with a precious metal that usually plays second fiddle to its more lustrous sibling. The vault that’s being built by Silver Bullion Pte Ltd. will — when completed in the first half of next year — be […]
ELECTRIFYING ROAD TRIP: SOUTHEAST ASIA’S FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY EV CHARGING NETWORK IS HERE
Thanks to a new cross-country EV charging network, you can soon drive your electric vehicle from Singapore to Penang. Yes, once borders reopen, hopping into an electric car for a cross-border romp will be made easy and convenient. The new high performance cross-country EV charging network, Southeast Asia’s first, has been set up by Shell […]
Race for electric vehicles: India plans to ramp up incentives
The Indian government is planning to ramp up incentives to spur electric car manufacturing investments in the country, reports say The year is 2023. A Singapore resident decides to buy a car. Not just any car but the latest electric vehicle (EV) produced by the new gleaming high-tech Hyundai factory in Jurong, an industrial town […]
