One of the largest solar farms in the world launched in Singapore

The project is the most ambitious in the country and includes 122,000 UAH.They were located on the reservoir

They will produce enough electricity to run five water treatment plants.Singapore is one of Asia's largest emitters of carbon dioxide per capita, and land scarcity makesThe development of renewable energy sources is a difficult task.

The country's financial center has resorted to the creation of power plants on the coast and in reservoirs, businessmen intend to quadruple the production of solar energy by 2025.

The new farm can produce up to 60 megawattselectricity and will lead to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to the exhaust of 7 thousand cars. The agency Sembcorp Industries provides information on this.

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“Solar energy is the cleanest and greenest, and plays a key role in reducing the country's carbon footprint,” said Ng Ju Hee, head of the energy agency.

In February 2021, the government submittedA green plan that includes measures such as planting trees, reducing waste sent to landfills, and building more charging points for more electric vehicle use. Singapore is committed to achieving zero emissions in the second half of the 21st century.

Critics of this plan note that the goals of the state lag behind those of other developed countries, and that they are not far enough advanced in the implementation of environmental ambitions.

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