HDB said on Thursday that it aims to install solar panels on as many of the more than 10,000 blocks islandwide as possible over the next three years.
Energy generated from solar panels is used to power common services like lifts, lights and water pumps in the daytime. Excess solar energy is channelled to the electrical grid.
The latest blocks to be fitted with the panels are in AljuniedHougang, Nee Soon and Sengkang.
Another 104 government sites including 55 primary and secondary schools, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Tower B and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters will also have such panels installed under the latest tender launched on Wednesday.
With a solar capacity of 113 megawatt-peak (MWp) - equivalent to powering 28,250 fourroom HDB flats - Wednesday's tender is the largest to date under the Government's SolarNova programme. The programme compiles the demand for solar energy from various agencies and is jointly led by HDB and the Economic Development Board.
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