Singapore to test the waters for tidal power with Japanese partners

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Bluenergy Solutions' tidal turbines will be used to power up a lighthouse on an island. (Photo courtesy Bluenergy Solutions)

HIROYASU ODA, Nikkei staff writer

FUKUOKA, Japan -- Japanese energy group Kyushu Electric Power will take part in testing technology that could replace diesel with ocean currents as a power source on an island in Singapore.

Singaporean renewable energy company Bluenergy Solutions will conduct the test off Pulau Satumu, 14 kilometers south of the city-state's main island. Kyushu Power group companies Kyuden Mirai Energy and Kyuden International will participate in the pilot.

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