Since the solarnova programme started in 2014 it has expanded into using more efficient solar panels which can convert.
Hdb solar panel.
Hdb aims to install solar panels on about 10 000 blocks where feasible.
When completed the total number of public housing blocks with such panels will exceed 2 400 bringing the hdb a step closer to its target of having solar panels in 5 500 blocks by 2020.
More efficient solar panels can now convert around 20 per cent of sunlight into electricity compared with 16 per cent.
About 2 000 hdb blocks have been fitted with solar panels as of august while solar pv installation at about 2 370 more hdb blocks is in progress said hdb and edb.
Hdb aims to install solar panels on about 10 000 blocks where feasible.
Singapore by next year housing and development board hdb residents can expect to see one in two flats sporting solar panels on their rooftops.