Singapore Tidal Demonstration Project

In June 2017 Mako Tidal Turbines commenced research in Singapore into performance of its MAKO.4 tidal energy turbine. The Singapore research program follows successful testing of the earlier model MAKO on Sydney Harbour and the Tamar River in Tasmania, Australia where valuable data collected played a key role in the development of the MAKO .4 turbine. Singapore was selected because of its government’s active support for hosting and nurturing the development of renewable energy, availability of suitable tidal flow and its proximity to Asian markets. This phase of the project ended in 2018.

Project Manager

MAKO Tidal Turbines Pty Ltd MTT

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Project Status Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?

Inactive

Project Life Cycle Project Progress through life cycle:<ul> <li>Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment</li> <li>Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active</li> <li>Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water</li> <li>Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations</li> <li>Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water</li></ul>

Completed

Max Rated Power Capacity The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.

0.4 MW

Operational Duration

2017 - 2018

Project Duration

2017 - 2018

Energy Resource

Tidal

Project Scale

Full-scale

Number of Devices

1

Grid Connectivity

Not Grid Connected

Waterbody

Keppel Harbour

Site Characteristics Geographic characterization for the project location:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

Coastal

Country

Singapore

Last Modified

9 June 2025

This Project has the following MRE Devices

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“Singapore Tidal Demonstration Project.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https:https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Singapore_Tidal_Demonstration_Project. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.

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Singapore Tidal Demonstration Project

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