LSIS wins license for renewable energy-powered island project in Singapore

LSIS wins license for renewable energy-powered island project in Singapore

LSIS has won a license to establish a renewable energy-powered island in
Singapore, raising its global profile as an independent microgrid operator.

Under the project, the Seoul-based energy solutions and electrical equipment
manufacturer will provide its energy management system (EMS), energy storage
system (ESS) and solar- or wind-powered renewable energy solutions for
Singapore's southern island of Semakau.

The microgrid is often dubbed a combination of next-generation energy
technology, as it requires renewable energy sources and the ESS. Renowned
energy systems operators here and abroad are pushing for the next growth
areas amid growing calls for a more sustainable supply of electricity.

The recent achievement came as part of the government of Singapore's
renewable energy integration demonstrator (REIDS) project under which LSIS,
along with GE-Alstom and Schneider, will establish four separate microgrid
sectors and connect them into a single, small-scale power network.

The REIDS project will last four years, including a pilot test. The
government of Singapore and LSIS will share the cost of its operation, the
company said.

"The growth potential for the Southeast Asian market is massive, with
Indonesia consisting of some 17,000 islands and the Philippines comprising
some 7,000 islands," LSIS Vice President Kim Won-il said after signing a
memorandum of understanding with Kristen Sadler, research director at the
Energy Research Institute (ERI) that oversees the project.

The island is hot and humid year round, which is not favorable for
establishing large-scale electricity networks.

LSIS said this means that the island is the optimum venue to test an
independent microgrid operation and other ESS. Expectations are that the
REIDS will help the operators improve their technological expertise, as this
is the first project to connect various microgrids into a unified network
system, it added.

This is not the first time that the company has won a license for other
microgrid contracts. In February 2010, the company led the Korean
government-led microgrid project for three years, demonstrating its
electricity management systems on the nation's southernmost island of
Marado.

Meanwhile, in recent years the company has focused on raising awareness of
the massive potential of microgrid systems, with its Chairman Koo Ja-kyun
delivering a keynote address at last year's Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF)
about the importance of energy-independent microgrid systems as an
alternative for various Asian countries ― such as Indonesia and the
Philippines ― which consists of large numbers of islands.

He said electric power management is the key challenge for sustainable
growth of Asian countries, as they are growing rapidly in population and
technological infrastructure.

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Ref: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2016/10/133_216883.html

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com