Solar panels to be installed at 1,075 HDB blocks in largest tender

The latest tender brings the number of Housing Board blocks in Singapore that will be fitted with solar panels to about 9,500. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Solar panels will be installed at another 1,075 Housing Board blocks under the Aljunied-Hougang, Nee Soon and Sengkang town councils by the third quarter of 2026, as part of Singapore’s drive to harness more clean energy.

This brings the number of HDB blocks that will be fitted with solar panels to about 9,500. HDB on Thursday said it aims to install solar panels on as many as possible of the more than 10,000 blocks islandwide over the next three years.