Proposal Project

Personal Statement

Engineering has been a part of my life since my polytechnic days. Through the modules and courses I took, I realize that sustainability has been slowing integrating into many aspects of engineering. The importance of being sustainable is ever more crucial when climate change becomes an imminent problem. As an engineer, we need to find other alternatives to pave way for sustainability. Renewable energy is one such alternative way. If Singapore is able to harness renewable energy to its fullest potential and make use of it, we would set an example for other countries to follow.

Executive Summary

Singapore   depends   heavily on the  imports  of  fossil  fuels as its  main  source  of energy  when  it comes to generating electricity. To reduce Singapore’s dependency on fossil fuels, this  project  team is interested in exploring the possibilities of creating a renewable energy source.

This project team is proposing to construct an underground pumped storage hydroelectric plant. This proposal will utilise the gravitational energy of flowing water from an existing reservoir to the underground reservoir to generate hydroelectricity. The underground reservoir can also serve as secondary water storage during heavy rainfall season in Singapore. Research has shown that fossil fuels will deplete by the year 2059.

Finally, this report will conclude the benefits of underground pumped storage hydroelectricity. The details of this proposal will be discussed in the report. 

Letter of Transmittal

21 October 2015

Mr. Patrick Foo

Energy Market Authority

Energy Technological Department

991G Alexandra Road, #01-29

Singapore 119975

Dear Mr. Patrick Foo

RE: Proposal for generating electricity from hydropower applications in Singapore

This is to acknowledge your letter of authorization dated 30 September 2015 .We We are submitting the attached proposal which would give an in-depth outtake on renewable energy in Singapore specifically pump storage hydroelectricity.

Singapore is solely dependent on fossil fuels for its production of electricity. As of 2015, 95.5% of the natural gas from Singapore’s fuel mix is used to generate electricity. Singapore relies heavily on foreign exports and is vulnerable to the whims of foreign suppliers. To elude this problem, Singapore has to be able to depend solely on itself for its own energy needs.

Our proposal will briefly describe water is one of Singapore’s key resources and the nation’s dependency on fossil fiels for the generation of electricity. The Energy Market Authority (EMA) Energy Research and Development Department has set-up an Energy Storage Programme (ESP) which would support the development and integration of large scale, cost-effective systems in Singapore. To maximize the provided resources, our proposed solution is to harness hydropower energy by using existing water catchment areas with an underground excavated water reservoir to construct a pump storage hydroelectric plant.

Our team is grateful for your time spent on reviewing our proposal. We hope the suggestions provided would pave way for a new era in Singapore’s energy production.

Sincerely,

Muhammad Bin Abdul Hadi

Member of M.H.K

On behalf of Team “M.H.K”