Debated in Parliament on 2 Mar 2026.
Ms Valerie Lee asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry (a) how much electricity consumed on Pulau Ubin in 2025 was generated by solar energy from the microgrid; (b) how is the grid reliability of the system; and (c) what is the financial or service compensation for residents and business owners on the island during microgrid power supply trips.
The Pulau Ubin microgrid serves more than 30 residential and business consumers with a total annual consumption of around 300 megawatt hours and features an experimental vanadium flow battery energy storage system. In 2025, solar energy supplied about 10% of electricity demand while diesel generation met the remaining 90% of demand. We expect solar utilisation to increase when an upgraded battery energy storage system is commissioned later this year.
In 2025, there were 13 power supply trips. The microgrid operator, EDP (Energias de Portugal) Renewables (EDPR), is working to upgrade the system to enhance overall system reliability.
The microgrid users affected by power supply trips may make representations to EDPR for compensation. EDPR has compensated all users who were previously affected by power supply trips.
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