The facility is using technology such as robots, UV sterilising, security systems, and telecommunications and REC Group has now stepped in so that the facility can avoid using diesel generators to power these systems. This will in turn cut down on the CO2 emissions, fumes, fuel use, and noise caused using the diesel generators.
The 240.9 kW installation at the Changi site consists of 660 REC Alpha Series solar panels, producing clean energy of about 40,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh), equivalent to the average monthly energy use of 100 four-room Housing and Development Board flats.
The REC Alpha Series solar panels designed with its high-power density specifically for installations where space is limited were installed by REC Certified Solar Professional installers on both ground-mounted and tent-structures specially designed to withhold the load of the solar panels. The present system supplies 20 percent of the projected overall energy demand of the recovery facility. The system also indirectly helps to cool the facility, with a 3-degree differential in ambient temperature inside tents.
This is the latest major project empowered by REC high-efficiency products - and one of many in the island nation; the other notable ones being Singapore Sustainable Academy, Singapore Sports Hub, Tiger Beer Brewery among others.
“Our commitment to Singapore is unwavering, and even in these tough times, our production lines at Tuas continued their operation” said REC Group’s CEO Steve O’Neil. “The year 2020 marks 10 years of REC’s production facility in Singapore and we are thrilled that we are going stronger each year. The COVID-19 recovery facility is a great example of resilience and we are humbled to be powering this with made in Singapore solar panels”.
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