Intelligent Micro-grid with renewable energy technologies for Pulau Ubin

EMA has embarked on a first-of-its-kind project in South-east Asia to develop an intelligent micro-grid infrastructure with clean and renewable energy technologies on Pulau Ubin, an island northeast of Singapore with a land area of about 10 square kilometres. The off-grid solution will displace the diesel generators currently being used by organizations, small businesses and individual homes on the island. The project will showcase how clean and renewable energy can be deployed in an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable manner for an off-grid community.

Pulau Ubin will host a number of plug and play facilities for test-bedding various close-to-market clean and renewable energy solutions. This will help elevate Singapore as a “living laboratory” to research, develop and showcase new energy technologies.

The first phase of studying the technical and commercial viability of the various clean and renewable energy options and assess their integration with an intelligent micro-grid infrastructure was completed.

EMA launched an Expression of Interest on 20 November 2009 to invite companies to express their interest to participate in a request for proposal for a developer cum operator to design, build, operate and maintain an intelligent micro-grid infrastructure with clean and renewable energy technologies on Pulau Ubin.

A total of 21 submissions were received when the Expression of Interest was closed on 18 December 2009. EMA had evaluated these submissions carefully based on the information provided. The following companies have been invited to submit detailed proposals by fourth quarter 2010 as part of a Request for Proposal for the intelligent micro-grid infrastructure:

• -    Daily Life Renewable Energy Pte Ltd and OKH Holdings Pte Ltd
• -    EADS Defence and Security Systems SAS
• -    GE Pacific Pte Ltd
• -    Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
• -    Patrick Energy Services Inc
• -    Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd
• -    Shimizu Corporation
• -    Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd
• -    Tuas Power Ltd

Companies interested to test-bed their close-to-market clean and renewable energy solutions in the micro-gird infrastructure will subsequently be invited to submit their proposals under another Request for Proposal process in second quarter 2011, after the completion of the detailed design of the intelligent micro-grid infrastructure.