Utility scale ESS project financing options in Singapore 2025

What is ESS access & how does it work in Singapore?

Led by EMA, the ACCESS programme helps to facilitate ESS adoption in Singapore by promoting use cases and business models. It also looks at securing space, marrying demand with solution, and facilitating regulatory approvals for ESS deployment. Singapore’s First Utility-scale Energy Storage System

How much energy storage will Singapore have by 2025?

With just one project, EMA has achieved and exceeded Singapore’s deployment target of 200MWh of energy storage by 2025. The target was set as part of the EMA programme, Accelerating Energy Storage Access for Singapore (ACCESS), through which the EOI solicitation was held.

What is accelerating energy storage for Singapore (ESS)?

For instance, the Accelerating Energy Storage for Singapore ("ACCESS") programme promotes use cases and business models with industry partners and other government agencies. The programme also helps to secure space, match demands and solutions, and facilitate regulatory approvals for ESS deployment.

What is Singapore's first utility-scale energy storage system?

Singapore’s First Utility-scale Energy Storage System Through a partnership between EMA and SP Group, Singapore deployed its first utility-scale ESS at a substation in Oct 2020. It has a capacity of 2.4 megawatts (MW)/2.4 megawatt-hour (MWh), which is equivalent to powering more than 200 four-room HDB households a day.

Will Sembcorp ESS support Singapore's transition to cleaner energy sources?

Mr Ngiam Shih Chun, Chief Executive of the Energy Market Authority, said: “Energy Storage Systems (ESS) such as the Sembcorp ESS will play a significant part in supporting Singapore’s transition towards cleaner energy sources. This large-scale ESS marks the achievement of Singapore’s 200MWh energy storage target ahead of time.

What is the utility-scale ESS?

The utility-scale ESS was commissioned in six months and commenced operations in December 2022. The utility-scale ESS is reported to be the fastest in the world of its size to be deployed. The utility-scale ESS helps to support the active management of electricity supply and improves the stability of Singapore's power grid.