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Solar PV Installations by URA Planning Region

Data from Jan 2008 to Mar 2021

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:00 SGT

EMA (Energy Market Authority)

Note: a. Data for 2021 is as at 1Q 2021. b. Figures may not add up to total due to rounding. c. MWac refers to the Alternating Current (AC) capacity of the inverters used in solar PV installations.

Data explorer

SolarPVInstallationsbyURAPlanningRegion.csv (140 rows, 5.5 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Ura planning region Text	Residential status Text	Number of solar pv installations Numeric	Installed capacity kwac Numeric	Total installed capacity Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2008	Central	Non-Residential	4	73.2	30
2008	Central	Residential	4	19.9	10
2008	East	Non-Residential	1	2.3	0
2008	East	Residential	1	6.6	0
2008	North-East	Non-Residential	10	65.3	20
2008	North-East	Residential	1	6.5	0
2008	North	Non-Residential	8	61.6	20
2008	North	Residential	0	0	0
2008	West	Non-Residential	1	43.2	20
2008	West	Residential	0	0	0

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Ura planning region	ura_planning_region	Text	-	-
Residential status	residential_status	Text	-	-
Number of solar pv installations	num_solar_pv_inst	Numeric	count	-
Installed capacity kwac	inst_cap_kwac	Numeric	KWac	-
Total installed capacity	total_inst_cap_percent	Numeric (Percentage)	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_cd4f91f7a1ebb2b7ceb1a70c0dbb706d"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Energy Market Authority. (2021). Solar PV Installations by URA Planning Region (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 14, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cd4f91f7a1ebb2b7ceb1a70c0dbb706d/view

About this dataset

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Created on

11 Dec 2021

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

EMA (Energy Market Authority)