LHN Energy Launches Solar Carport at Singapore’s Goldhill Plaza Mall

• Urban-focused LHN Energy unveils a rooftop solar carport at Goldhill Plaza, turning parking space into 600 kW of clean power for tenants.

Space-constrained Singapore has squeezed another megawatt-hour from its skyline. Property and energy services group LHN Energy inaugurated a 600-kW solar carport atop Goldhill Plaza on 6 August, converting an asphalt rooftop car-park into a shaded power plant that will offset 12 % of the mixed-use complex’s annual electricity demand.

The installation consists of bifacial modules mounted on sleek aluminium canopies that double as weather protection for 180 vehicles. Real-time monitoring displays in the lobby show tenants how much CO₂ they are avoiding—estimated at 450 tonnes a year.

LHN financed the S$1.2 million project through its in-house green-lease programme, repaid via power savings over eight years. CEO Kelvin Lim said the model “turns dead capital into productive roof area” without sacrificing lettable space—vital in a city where land costs can top S$5,000 per square metre.

Carpark solar is gaining traction across Southeast Asia’s dense metros. Singapore’s Housing and Development Board will release tenders for 1.5 GW of rooftop PV by 2028, and authorities now grant a 10 % gross-floor-area bonus for developments incorporating renewable generation. LHN intends to replicate the Goldhill design across five more properties, including industrial estates and student housing blocks, totalling 4 MW by 2027.

Urban planners see such dual-use solutions as critical to meeting Singapore’s 2-GWp solar target while preserving scarce greenfield land. With vehicle numbers shrinking under tighter Certificate-of-Entitlement quotas, rooftop carports may soon out-produce the cars they shelter—an irony not lost on the city-state’s sustainability strategists.