20 September 2019
The Singapore Institute of Technology’s upcoming Punggol campus will have a multi-energy micro-grid network, a system which draws on different energy sources.
SIT’s Punggol campus will also function as a living laboratory where students and industry workers can test distributed energy systems and implement innovations.
SIT’s energy micro-grid is a collaborative research venture between SIT and SP Group. The facility is specially designed for Singapore’s tropical climate and will integrate gas, electricity and thermal energy into one energy network.
Photovoltaic solar panels will be installed on the rooftops of campus buildings, and they will supplement the power supply to the campus. The system could help save energy and eliminate carbon emissions equivalent to removing close to 2,000 vehicles from the roads.
The upcoming Punggol campus also aims be borderless and integrated with the surrounding Punggol community and industry, sitting alongside a business park built by national industrial-estate developer JTC Corporation in the Punggol Digital District. This will enable students, faculty and industry professionals to collaborate on projects that can benefit the community.