Sembcorp bags Pandan Reservoir floating solar project

This is the company’s third floating solar project in Singapore.

Sembcorp Industries, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sembcorp Solar Singapore, is set to build an 86 megawatt-peak (MWp) floating solar photovoltaic system on Pandan Reservoir.

In a statement, the company said it was named the winning bidder by PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency. This marks Sembcorp’s third floating solar project in the city-state.

In 2021, Sembcorp completed Singapore’s first large-scale inland floating solar farm at Tengeh Reservoir, a 60 MWp project that stood amongst the world’s largest single floating solar projects at that time.

Sembcorp also signed a 25-year renewable energy purchase agreement with Malkoha Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Meta Platforms, Inc., to build, own and operate a 150 MWp floating solar farm on Kranji Reservoir. This project marks the largest floating solar project in Singapore.

So far, the company has over 1 gigawatt-peak of solar capacity and over 300 megawatt-hours of energy storage in its Singapore portfolio. Globally, Sembcorp’s renewable energy capacity stands at 18.9 gigawatts.