Keppel Data Centres Holding Pte Ltd. (Keppel Data Centres) and Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd (Shell) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly study the feasibility of developing a low carbon energy hub and microgrid system in Singapore.
Keppel Data Centres and Shell will collaborate to establish a low carbon energy hub that can power both companies’ assets. The hub is envisaged to take inputs from various sustainable energy sources, including but not limited to imported renewable power, as well as hydrogen produced locally or imported. The hub would be developed around various energy-related infrastructure components, such as cable landings and turbines with a microgrid system at its core.
A microgrid is a self-contained power-supply network designed to generate its own power locally and provide energy to a specific group of interconnected energy users within a definable boundary.
Wong Wai Meng, CEO of Keppel Data Centers, said, “We are
