Kyuden International Corporation (“Kyuden International”) and Kyuden Mirai Energy Company Incorporated (“Kyuden Mirai Energy”), members of the Kyuden Group, have been participating in a tidal energy demonstration project to be implemented in the waters off Singapore by Bluenergy Solutions Pte Ltd (“Bluenergy Solutions”). We are pleased to announce that the demonstration operation has officially started on December 18th.

This project installs small tidal generators (7kW x 4 units) offshore near the Raffles Lighthouse in Singapore, replacing diesel power generation with tidal power generation for the supply of electricity to the lighthouse. This is Singapore’s first initiative to supply electricity to a small remote island using tidal power. For the future. the project aims to contribute to decarbonization in various sectors such as maritime industries, fishing, island infrastructure and agriculture, and more.

The tidal power is a predictable and stable marine renewable energy throughout the year,  as it utilizes characteristics of periodic change in mass and direction of the tidal current created by the combined gravitational pull of the moon and the sun, unlike solar and wind power generation which are dependent on weather conditions. There are only a few examples of electricity supply using small-scale tidal generators worldwide, and it is expected that the knowledge gained from this demonstration project will contribute to the future development of distributed power sources.

Kyuden International aims to further expand its distributed energy solutions worldwide as recently it has invested in overseas microgrid projects in remote communities and islands. Kyuden Mirai Energy is promoting Japan’s first large-scale tidal energy demonstration project in Naruseto, Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture.

Through these initiatives, Kyuden Group aims to provide a wide range of decarbonization solutions tailored to regional characteristics and customer needs, and to contribute to the realization of a low-carbon and sustainable society as a leading company in the development of renewable energy.