Annotated Summary

Doshi, T., D’Souza, N., Nguyen, P., Teo, H (August 2011). The Economics of Solar PV in Singapore. Energy Studies Institute. http://esi.nus.edu.sg/docs/event/the-economics-of-solar-pv_2011nov28_final.pdf

The article focuses on the possibility of implementing solar panels into the rooftops of high rise residential buildings in Singapore. The author claims that due to Singapore’s lack of available land it would be more beneficial to install the solar panels on the rooftops of commercial, industrial, public sector residential buildings and private residential homes. According to the Singapore Land Authority, an estimated area of 6,337,360 m^2 to 7,779,890 m^2 of rooftop space would be available for the installation of solar panels and would bring about an estimated generation of 8.5 to 10.5% of Singapore’s total power capacity. This suggests that the installation of rooftop solar panels would be feasible.

The article also provided useful information for our research project on the costs of solar panels in Singapore. The article states that upfront investment costs constitutes to the largest share of the solar panel system at about 60% with the remaining contributing to the inverters, supporting structures, electrical cabling and installation labour costs. The break-even price was also estimated to be 25 to 40% more than the average Singapore 2010 tariff rate. The author noted that solar panels were more expensive compared to conventional fossil fuel based technologies. However, the author believed that technological progression and increased production scale will bring down module costs and would achieve commercial viability by 2020.

Comments

  1. Junying26 November 2020 at 07:54

    Dear Shimin,

    I have read through your annotated summary and I feel that you have done a really good job doing so. I am impressed by how detailed this summary is despite having limited words to play around with.
    As this is an annotated summary, I would kindly suggest that you can have a paragraph to mention on how this article helped you through your project research.
    Overall, it is an interesting read and the summary is well pieced together, especially for the contrast between the benefits and the limitations. Great work!

    Regards,
    Junying

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    1. smmmm10001 December 2020 at 02:21

      Dear Junying,

      Thank you for the feedback! I will look through and improve on mentioning of how this would help on our project research.

      Best Regards,
      Shimin

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  2. Ezekiel Joshua26 November 2020 at 20:38

    Dear Shimin,

    Thank you for writing a summary on the Economics of Solar PV in Singapore. Now I am aware where our government is heading towards in the energy sector. I like the fact where you mentioned how it will be feasible to install solar panels on the rooftops.

    Great to see how this article eventually links up to your research project. Every point mentioned in each paragraph was very detailed and clearly elaborated.

    Overall, well done.

    Best regards,
    Joshua

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    1. smmmm10001 December 2020 at 02:22

      Dear Joshua,

      Thank you for the feedback, hope to incorporate this information into our technical report!

      Best Regards,
      Shimin

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  3. Rue28 November 2020 at 20:44

    Dear Shimin

    Thank you for the interesting read. It is mentioned in your annotated summary that the estimated rooftop space available for solar integration is roughly 6,337,360 m^2 to 7,779,890 m^2. This highlight the feasibility of integrating solar panels onto rooftop spaces in Singapore which further supports our project idea of looking into the highly similar reverse solar panels.

    Good job on the annotated summary.

    Regards
    Rue

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    1. smmmm10001 December 2020 at 02:23

      Dear Rue,

      Thank you for your feedback, hope to use this information in our technical report!

      Best Regards,
      Shimin

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