* Co explores more solar installations in Singapore sites
* Identifies 3 manufacturing and logistics sites in westSingapore
* First of three sites at Lubricants plant in Tuas
By Jessica Jaganathan
SINGAPORE, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell isconsidering to install solar panels to power its Bukom refiningsite in Singapore, a company spokeswoman told Reuters onTuesday.
"We are exploring the potential of installing solar panelsat our Pulau Bukom Manufacturing Site," she said, withoutproviding further details.
The Bukom manufacturing site includes a 500,000barrels-per-day refinery, which is Shell's largest wholly ownedrefinery.
The oil and gas company has been exploring solarinstallations for its other sites in Singapore as part of itsplans to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprint.
Globally, Shell is installing solar photovoltaic panels onthe roofs of seven lubricant plants in China, India, Italy,Singapore and Switzerland.
It has so far identified three manufacturing and logisticssites in Singapore's western regions of Tuas, Jurong Island andPandan to install a solar photovoltaic (PV) power generationsystem, with a combined peak capacity of about three megawatts.
The first and largest of the three Shell solar farms, whichwill go live next month, will have more than 6,500 panels placedabove a lubricant plant in Tuas. The solar farm is expected toproduce about 3,300 megawatt hours of renewable energy everyyear.
The generated solar energy will be used to help poweroperations at the Tuas lubricants plant, the company said,adding that this can result in the avoidance of a third of thegreenhouse gas emissions from the plant's electricity use whichis equivalent to taking about 700 cars off the road for oneyear.
Installations at Shell's sites in Pandan and Jurong Islandare expected to start in late 2019 and early 2020 respectively,the company said.
Shell said as part of its efforts to try low carbonsolutions, the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the Energy Market Authority of Singapore to jointlywork on energy storage systems.
"This could include piloting commercially viable businessmodels with innovative solutions that integrate storage systemsand solar power to Shell's sites in Singapore," Shell said,declining to provide more details citing commercialconfidentiality reasons.(Reporting by Jessica Jaganathan, Editing by SherryJacob-Phillips)