Sunseap wins tender for one of Singapore's largest solar projects to install more than 170,000 solar panels on HDB rooftops

October 2, 2019
Sunseap Group announced today that it has won the tender for
one of Singapore's largest solar projects to install more
than 170,000 solar panels on rooftops of Housing &
Development Board (HDB) blocks.
Under SolarNova 4, Sunseap will be installing solar
photovoltaic (PV) systems across more than 1,200 HDB blocks
and 49 government sites. A total of six government agencies
will be participating in the fourth tender.
The PV systems, when completed, will generate up to 70 MWp
of solar energy, which can potentially offset about 42,152
tonnes of carbon emissions, an amount typically generated
from powering about 17,500 4-room HDB flats annually.
Including SolarNova 4, Sunseap will have installed more than
600,000 solar panels across 2.4 million square meters of
roof space, and produce enough clean energy to power more
than 60,000 4-room HDB households.
The SolarNova programme, jointly led by the HDB and the
Economic Development Board, aggregates solar demand across
government agencies to leverage economies of scale so that
agencies with smaller energy demands are able to enjoy clean
energy at a lower cost.
This is the second SolaNova tender won by Sunseap, the first
being in 2015.
Mr Frank Phuan, CEO and Executive Director of Sunseap Group,
said: "This project is a significant milestone for solar
adoption in Singapore. When this project is completed,
Sunseap would have installed solar systems on top of more
than 2,700 HDB blocks or more than 27% of all HDB blocks.
This is also in line with Singapore's pledge at the recent
United Nations Climate Action Summit where our Prime
Minister said that Singapore will be switching to a cleaner
fuel mix and using cleaner energy solutions in order to
reduce our carbon emission by 2030.
"This is a testament to our tremendous growth since we
started Sunseap eight years ago and it would not have been
possible without the support of partners like HDB and EDB."
Mr Phuan added that Sunseap will deploy at least 170,000
bifacial solar panels, the latest in solar technology.
Unlike typical solar panels, the bifacial solar panels are
able to generate power on both sides of the modules and
therefore increase energy yield by up to 15%. They are also
more durable, lasting up to 30 years as compared to 25 years
previously.
Mr Lawrence Wu, President and Executive Director of Sunseap
Group, said: "This tender truly reinvigorates us and the
work we do by providing us the thrust to continue playing
our part as a corporation in combating climate change, and
an opportunity to generate more renewable energy for the
masses in Singapore. Sunseap will continue to be relentless
in developing new sources of clean energy generation and
energy efficiency projects across Singapore to help achieve
the reduction of carbon emissions."
Since its inception in 2011, Sunseap has grown to become one
of the largest developers in the region with a total
contracted, completed and developmental asset project
capacity of 1.7 GigaWatt-peak. It has a pipeline of projects
in Australia, China, Taiwan, Japan and other parts of
Southeast Asia. In June this year, it has commissioned a 168
MWp solar system in the Ninh Thuan province of Vietnam, one
of the largest solar farms in the country.
In Singapore, it is the largest developer of solar systems,
winning six out of nine solar tenders called by the
government to install solar systems on the rooftops of
public housing and other government properties. Its notable
clients include Apple, Microsoft, Singapore American School,
Singapore Cruise Centre, Jurong Port, ABB, Panasonic, PSA
Singapore, ST Kinetics and Keppel Energy Ventures.
Some of its noteworthy innovative projects include
participating in the one of the world's largest floating PV
test-bed in Singapore at Tengeh Reservoir, building one of
the world's largest offshore floating solar farms along the
Straits of Johor as well as installing a hybrid off-grid
solar system for Tanglin Academy, the largest tennis academy
in Singapore.
About Sunseap Group
Sunseap Group is the leading solar energy system developer,
owner and operator in Singapore. It operates through five
key units: Sunseap Leasing, Sunseap International and
Sunseap Energy, Sunseap Engineering and Sunseap Solutions.
Sunseap Leasing is the first and largest solar leasing
company in Singapore. Sunseap International targets markets
in the South East Asian and Pacific regions. These include a
168 MWp solar farm in Vietnam, a 140 MegaWatt-peak (MWp)
solar farm in India, and a 10 MWp solar farm in Cambodia.
Sunseap Energy provides clean energy solutions utilizing
off-site arrangements by drawing on solar systems within the
Group's portfolio of distributed generation assets. A
notable client of Sunseap Energy is Apple, which signed an
agreement with Sunseap to procure 100% of its local energy
requirements from renewable sources. Sunseap Engineering
provides engineering, procurement and construction as well
as operation and maintenance services for PV projects.
Sunseap Solutions focuses on energy efficiency solutions by
providing services such as energy audits, lighting
retrofitting and green roof systems.
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