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Singapore is a tiny island city-state with only about 710 km2 of land space. Land has always been a precious resource in Singapore. Creation of space has therefore been an important objective for the country. This paper presents the recent research and development activities pertaining to the use of floating structures for both industrial and recreational applications in Singapore. These include the research and development studies on floating hydrocarbon storage facility, floating bridge and modular multi-purpose floating structures as well as the development and construction of floating wetlands and floating solar farms.
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Floating Solar Module by Housing and Development Board—Singapore/patent no. PCT/SG2019/050220.
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Floating Wetlands Module by Housing and Development Board—Singapore/patent no. PCT/2014013866, Malaysia/patent no. PCT/ PI 2015700120, People’s Republic of China/patent no. PCT/ZL201380042813.0, Hong Kong/patent no. PCT/HK1207040.
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This research is supported in part by the Singapore Ministry of National Development and the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office under the Land and Liveability National Innovation Challenge (L2 NIC) Research Programme (L2 NIC Award No L2 NICTDF1-2015-2). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views of the Singapore Ministry of National Development and National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore. We thank the JTC and MND for their support.
The floating solar farm project at Tengeh reservoir is funded in part by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and Economic Development Board (EDB), and M/S Million Lighting Co Pte Ltd. B. Part of the space in Tengeh Reservoir was allocated by Public Utilities Board (PUB) of Singapore for floating solar PV test bedding.
The floating solar farm project offshore Woodlands is funded in part by SUNSEAP and ISOTEAM.
The floating wetlands project at Pekan Quarry, Pulau Ubin, is funded in part by NParks, HOCKLIM Engineering and ISOTEAM.
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Ang, K.K., Dai, J., Zhang, C. (2020). Research and Development of New Spaces on the Sea for Industrial and Recreational Applications. In: Reddy, J., Wang, C., Luong, V., Le, A. (eds) ICSCEA 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 80. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5144-4_4
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