Energy Market Authority looks to improve grid resilience, reliability

Capabilities to be added include solar forecasting, energy storage systems

- Cheryl Tan

As Singapore looks to integrate more renewable energy into its electricity grid to green its energy mix, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) is incorporating additional capabilities to improve the grid’s resilience and reliability, it said on June 11.

Singapore has set a goal of reaching 2GW-peak of solar capacity by 2030 and has achieved around 1.2GW-peak as at the first quarter of 2024.

Solar energy, which currently accounts for less than 1 per cent of domestic generation, could account for about 10 per cent of its projected demand in 2050.

It will be importing at least 4GW of low-carbon electricity from regional countries as part of efforts to have its power sector reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

The Republic currently relies on around 95 per cent natural gas for power generation.

Since solar panels are unable to produce electricity during all hours of the day, there may be a mismatch between peak supply and peak demand among households, businesses and industries.