SINGAPORE – The Bishan train depot’s solar power capacity will be more than doubled as SMRT expands its agreement with renewable energy giant EDPR Sunseap.
The train operator will have a photovoltaic (PV) system with a capacity of 1.56 megawatt peak (MWp) installed on its rooftops by next year, adding to the 1MWp which currently already powers the depot. The solar energy will be used to power all non-train operations, it said on Monday.
This expanded pact marks the second phase of the partnership that began in 2016 with the installation of 10,000 sq m of solar panels across the rooftop of the Bishan Main Depot building.
Both phases of the solar PV system will have a combined capacity of 2.56MWp, equivalent to powering 700 four-room public housing flats, and will avoid 1,224 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
SMRT said this was a step towards its goal of net-zero…