Singapore has increased its 2030 solar target by 1 GW after surpassing the original 2 GW goal before the end of last year.
The 1 GW increase comes after the country surpassed the 2 GW solar threshold during 2025.
According to a media release from Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA), the government will ramp up efforts to deploy solar across more surfaces, continuing to deploy on rooftops, land and water while exploring new innovations including solar on canopies at open-air car parks.
More than 80% of Singapore’s current solar capacity comes from rooftop solar.
Installations have been supported by several government-led incentives, such as the SolarNova program aimed at deploying solar on public buildings including public housing and the SolarRoof and SolarLand programs that target industrial rooftops and vacant land.
EMA says that the payback period for home solar has reduced to as little as five years, due to declining solar panel costs. Owners of solar systems in Singapore can also sell the energy generated via renewable energy certificates.
