INDUSTRY NEWS
Singapore Power Centre of Excellence commences collaborations with five industry partners Singapore Power Centre of Excellence (SP CoE), a Singapore Power initiative supported by the Economic Development Board, commenced collaborations with five industry players to drive research and development of next-generation energy network technologies. The partners and projects are: • 3M (Grid Sensing) • GE’s Grid Solutions business (Substation Digitalisation) • IJENKO (Smart Energy Management Platform) • NEC and Space-Time Insight (Energy Network Health Analytics) • OMNETRIC Group (Big Data Analytics) These collaborations, which will draw approximately S$10 million, are part of the CoE’s flagship Singapore Power Energy Advanced Research and Development (SPEAR) pro-
gramme.This amounts to one-third of the overall S$30 million programme which was launched in April 2015 to promote the development, piloting and integration of cutting-edge solutions and technologies in Singapore’s energy infrastructure network. When completed by 2021, the projects are expected to strengthen the resilience, reliability and efficiency of Singapore’s energy network, thereby supporting SP’s objective to build a future-ready network to enhance the economy and the quality of life. Projects such as Grid Sensing and Energy Network Health Analytics will provide cutting-edge monitoring systems, predictive alerts and risk assessment analysis through accurate real-time alerts.These will allow SP to further enhance the electricity supply reliability and reduce electrical disruptions to customers by anticipating
and solving network incidents before they occur. While strengthening the capabilities of the grid currently, the Substation Digitalisation project will deliver sustainable benefits. When implemented, this will relieve network constraints by accelerating renewable connections, providing customers with a greater choice in distributed energy sources (ie renewable energy) when connected to the network. The Smart Energy Management Platform and Big Data Analytics projects will pilot applications that enable SP to analyse data to gain customer insights, thus enhancing the understanding of end-user behaviour, in order to develop solutions that will help SP better engage its customers during service provision and help them better manage their energy consumption.
Representatives from the various partners pose for a group photo at the SPEAR commencement event. From left: 3M Singapore MD Arthur Fong; GE Grid Solutions President (APAC) Jack Wen; IJENKO CEO Serge Subiron; SP CoE Head Brandon Chia; EDB Cleantech Executive Director Goh Chee Kiong; NEC APAC Smart Energy Division Director Eji Naka; Space-Time Insight Solution Engineer Rochit Sen and OMNETRIC’s Head of Energy Insight (EMEA) Franz Winterauer.
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THE SINGAPORE ENGINEER October 2016