PULAU UBIN, Singapore's last rural enclave, will soon be transformed into a high tech test site for renewable energies.

The Energy Market Authority on Friday announced plans to embark on a project to turn Pulau Ubin into a model 'green island' powered entirely by clean and renewable energy.

'We want to use technologies that will best integrate into the island's natural environment,' said Mr David Tan, deputy chief executive of the authority's energy policy and planning division.

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