📋 Tender Overview
The Housing Development Board HDB has reinforced its commitment to generate more clean energy with a new solar target of 540 megawatt-peak MWp by 2030. This is part of the new national solar target to work towards at least 2GWp by 2030 as announced in October 2019 by the Government. With the increase in solar capacity to be achieved HDB remains the largest driver for installation of solar photovoltaic PV systems in Singapore.Having already surpassed the previous solar target of 220 MWp the new 540 MWp target could potentially generate 648 GWh of clean energy annually. This is equivalent to powering about 135000 4-room flats with clean energy and potentially reducing carbon emissions by 324000 tonnes per year. In comparison this would increase clean energy generation by 145 from the previous target.Launch of Fifth SolarNova TenderHDB has called the fifth solar leasing tender under the SolarNova programme led jointly with the Singapore Economic Development Board EDB aggregating public sector demand for the installation of solar panels across 1154 HDB blocks and 46 government sites. This latest tender will reap 60 MWp of solar energy islandwide creating more clean energy and helping to reduce carbon emissions thereby helping to mitigate the effects of climate change.The fifth SolarNova tender involves the participation of six agencies including Land Transport Authority LTA and Ministry of Culture Community and Youth MCCY who are participating for the first time. The solar leasing tender will close on 02 March 2020 and is targeted to be awarded in 3Q 2020. Installation of the PV systems is expected to be completed by 1Q 2023. The full list of government organisations and sites covered under the fifth SolarNova tender is attached in Annex A.
