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Pulau Ubin Microgrid

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations4
System facts6
Sources reviewed5
Last researched2026-07-19

Pulau Ubin's biodiesel-solar microgrid was commissioned as an Energy Market Authority test bed and built by a two-company Singapore consortium. EMA states that the consortium designed, built, owned, and operated the system for participating residents and businesses.

Research status
Supply launched in 2013; continued operation reported in 2014, with present status not independently confirmed
Historical classification
Community
Reported capacity
240 kW
Coordinates
1.40298, 103.97070
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Pulau Ubin Microgrid?

4 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Daily Life Renewable Energy Pte Ltd. (DLRE)

Consortium member and system integrator [2][5]

Organization

Energy Market Authority of Singapore

Program owner, test-bed authority, and procurement agency [2][3]

Organization

OKH Global Ltd.

Parent company of OKH Holdings [2]

Organization

OKH Holdings Pte Ltd.

Consortium member; design-build-own-operate participant [2][3]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

Storage
NA [1]
Generation architecture
Solar PV plus biodiesel generators using fuel derived from recycled cooking oil [2]
Initial connected customers
Approximately 30 residents and businesses [2]
Distribution
Underground transmission and distribution cables serving the jetty area [4]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Microgrid control centre

Daily Life Renewable Energy

Integrates and coordinates supply and demand and houses energy storage; EMA does not disclose the controller, battery, inverter, generator, or PV module models. [4][5]

Recovered detail

Additional technical notes

Concise system facts recovered from the historical project record. Treat these as historical unless a newer primary source confirms them.

  • Generation

    Solar PV, Biodiesel, [1]

Provenance

5 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  2. [2]
    Users to Benefit from Electricity Micro-Grid on Pulau Ubin

    Energy Market Authority of Singapore · Primary source

  3. [3]
    Pulau Ubin microgrid programme awarded to Singapore consortium

    Energy Market Authority of Singapore · Primary source

  4. [4]
    Pulau Ubin Micro-Grid Test-Bed factsheet

    Energy Market Authority of Singapore · Primary source

  5. [5]
    DLRE as Pulau Ubin system integrator

    Energy Market Authority of Singapore · Primary source

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