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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.
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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:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
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:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Coastal
Country
Singapore
Last Modified
9 June 2025
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“Singapore Tidal Demonstration Project.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Singapore_Tidal_Demonstration_Project. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Singapore Tidal Demonstration Project." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Singapore_Tidal_Demonstration_Project.
