JTC launches tender to help companies adopt solar energy

Firms can lease solar panels and get power discount or lease out rooftop space for panels

Solar panels on the rooftop of JTC Space @ Gul. JTC Corporation's SolarRoof initiative aims to fast-track solar power adoption on the rooftops of 50 JTC buildings as well as those of JTC's lessees, spanning about 18ha. This is expected to create 15MW
Solar panels on the rooftop of JTC Space @ Gul. JTC Corporation's SolarRoof initiative aims to fast-track solar power adoption on the rooftops of 50 JTC buildings as well as those of JTC's lessees, spanning about 18ha. This is expected to create 15MWp of solar deployment by 2022. PHOTO: JTC
JTC Corporation currently has solar panels on temporarily vacant land on Jurong Island (above), and on the roofs of more than 20 buildings, amounting to over 10MWp of installed solar capacity. It expects to increase this capacity to 100MWp within the
JTC Corporation currently has solar panels on temporarily vacant land on Jurong Island (above), and on the roofs of more than 20 buildings, amounting to over 10MWp of installed solar capacity. It expects to increase this capacity to 100MWp within the next three years by using more rooftops and vacant land for solar deployment. PHOTO: JTC
Choo Yun Ting
Business Correspondent
Updated
Jul 21, 2020, 01:46 PM
Published
Jul 21, 2020, 05:00 AM
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Industrial landlord JTC Corporation has launched a tender to help companies adopt solar energy and make its industrial estates more environmentally friendly.

This initiative aims to fast-track solar power adoption on the rooftops of 50 JTC buildings as well as those of JTC's lessees, spanning about 18ha.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 21, 2020, with the headline JTC launches tender to help companies adopt solar energy. Subscribe

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