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Tidal Energy Project Off Singapore Powers The Raffles Lighthouse

A tidal-energy project located near Singapore has begun generating power for the first time.

The Jpanaese company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is participating in this demonstration project, which is being conducted by Bluenergy Solutions, a marine renewable energy solution provider, at Raffles Lighthouse on Satumu Island, about 14 kilometres from the main island of Singapore.

The project has involved installing small tidal gensets (7kW x 4 units) offshorethese will ultimately replace all the local diesel power generation with tidal power generation as part of the electricity supply to the lighthouse.

Indonesia Plans A Supergrid To Link All The Islands In The Archipelago

The Indonesian government has revealed its latest ambitious plan to lay an underwater power cable to connect five main areas of Indonesia to one central power grid.

The project will be known as the Nusantara Supergrid Electrical Network. Once the various renewable power sourcess are being fed into the Supergrid power network clean energy (EBT) can be be used more effectively in the national EBT-based energy mix.

Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Rida Mulyana commented: “We will create what is called a national supergrid because we are an archipelago consisting of 17,000 or 18,000 islands. In time we will connect these with underwater power cables.”

The development of the the Supergrid will mirror that of the Telkom cable network which already connects all parts of Indonesia through undersea cables across almost all parts of Indonesia, from Papua to Aceh.

The development of the Super Grid as an EBT-based electricity distribution solution was first unveiled by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Arifin Tasrif, at the 2022 BloombergNEF Summit entitled ‘Indonesia’s Sustainable Energy Transition Ambition’ in Nusa Dua, Bali, in 2022.

Minister Arifin confirms that the supergrid is one approach to achieve the national Net Zero Emissions (NZE) target in 2060.