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Singapore’s Energy Landscape

and Future Developments

IAEA Workshop on Advanced Nuclear Reactor

Technology for Near Term Deployment

5 July 2011

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Singapore’s Energy Policy

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Singapore is a small city state with no indigenous

resources and limited alternative energy potential

• Population: 5,000,000

• Land Area: 710.2km2

• No readily accessible hydro or geothermal energy resources

• Low wind speed (2m/s)

• Solar possible but intermittency and land area limit total deployment

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Strategies will ensure energy does not become a binding

constraint to our economic growth

Economic competitiveness

and opportunities

Environmental

sustainability

Energy

security

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EMA Roles and Responsibilities

1. A Competitive

Energy Market

2. A Secure Energy

Supply

3. A Dynamic Energy

Sector

4. A High Performance

Organisation

Electricity Regulation

Gas

Regulation

Power System

Operation

Energy

Development

International

Co-operation

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Diversification of energy sources

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0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Others

Natural Gas

Fuel Oil

Our economy is gas-dominated and dependent on energy

imports to meet our needs

Singapore’s Electricity Fuel Mix (2010)

South

Sumatra

(38%)

West

Natunas

(38%)

Malaysia

(24%)

• About 80% of electricity generated

from piped natural gas (PNG) from

Malaysia & Indonesia

• Proportion of electricity generated

from gas will increase after LNG

terminal is completed in 2013

Singapore’s Fuel Mix (2001-2008)

Fuel oil, 16.9%

Natural gas, 77.2%

Others , 5.9%

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• Importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) allows access to gas from all

over the world

• BG appointed as LNG Aggregator to supply 3 mtpa of LNG

(equivalent to 1 Indonesian pipeline) from 2013 onwards

– LNG to be supplied from Egypt, Trinidad & Tobago, and eventually

Australia

• Government ownership of LNG terminal ensures timely completion

despite economic downturn

LNG project will help achieve source diversification

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In the medium term, coal, electricity imports and renewables

could add to our energy portfolio

Medium-Term Long-Term

CoalElectricity

ImportRenewables Nuclear

BenefitsCheap, widely

available

Free up valuable

land

Zero carbon,

indigenous

resources

Zero carbon,

Baseload

contribution

Constraints

Carbon emissions

and

Environmental

pollution

Cap on capacity

due to system

stability

considerations

More expensive,

limited land area

for deployment

Complex

challenges

(e.g. safety

considerations)

2013 2018Energy supply

considerations

Medium-Term Long-Term2030

LNG

SLNG Terminal

begins operations

End of import

moratorium

Coal

Solar

Electricity imports

Nuclear

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Singapore has embarked on a pre-feasibility study on

nuclear energy to determine the long-term possibilities

• A preliminary step for us to better understand the complex field of

nuclear energy

• Long time before decision is made on nuclear energy for Singapore

• Understand its implications for Singapore – key consideration is safety,

given our small size and high urban density

• Study the type of training, education and research to develop the

necessary capabilities to understand and assess safe deployment of

nuclear energy

• Will also closely monitor and learn from the developments of Japan

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Developing a Dynamic Energy Sector

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Beyond fuel diversification, we are also looking at ways to make

our energy infrastructure more robust and efficient

Electricity Grid

Jurong Island v2.0

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“Intelligent Energy System” pilot project to evaluate new

applications and technologies around a smart grid

Power Generation

Intermittent Energy

Sources

Smart Meters

Demand Response

Central

Management

System

Electric Vehicles

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Jurong Island v2.0: Exploit synergies through system-level

planning

Focus on

Commercialization

and Demonstration

Waste heat for water

desalination

Harness cold

energy from

LNG terminal

Reduction and

recycling of waste

products

Heat integration

between plants

Recycling waste

heat (steam)

Chemical

product grid to

facilitate

supply and

demand

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Supporting energy efficiency adoption is another strategy to

optimize energy usage

• Promote energy efficiency for industry, transport, buildings,

and in homes by enhancing existing incentives.

• Help companies internalise energy management and

reporting through energy audits.

• Design for efficiency (DfE)

• Energy Efficiency Improvement Assistance Scheme (EASe)

• Grant for Energy Efficient Technologies (GREET)

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES TEST-

BED

PULAU UBIN RENEWABLE

ENERGY PROJECT

INTELLIGENT ENERGY SYSTEMS Global

Markets

• Attract multiple

component level

ideas

• Export and sell

system level

solutions

Companies

The Living Lab

PrototypeNew

Concepts

First

Adoption

Private Sector Partners

Research Institutes

Universities

Test-bed

Work with

Singapore as a “living lab” to attract companies to test-bed

ideas

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Technology Centre

Fuel Cell R&D

Asia Pacific HQ Asia Pacific HQSolar Wafer

Mfg

Global Wind

Energy R&D

Centre

WIND

Integrated Solar Mfg

Complex

Solar R&D

SOLAR

BIOMASS

Food Waste

to Energy

Plant

Solar Cell Mfg

CARBON

Global HQ, R&D and

Mfg Site

MARINE RENEWABLEAsia Pacific HQ

SMART GRID

Home Energy

Mgmt R&D

Fuel Cell R&D

FUEL CELL Product Development

Centre

SERVICES

R&D Centre in

Risk Mgmt for

Cleantech

Cleantech

Research

&Consultancy

Global HQ

Solar Film Mfg

Global HQ

Carbon

Conservation

Solar R&D, Global

Profit Centre

Solar Energy

Research Institute of

Singapore

Asia’s 1st Carbon

Exchange

Biodiesel

Production Plant

Experimental

Power Grid

Centre

Singapore: S$1.7 bil to GDP and 7,000 jobs by 2015

Investments in our clean energy eco-system will position us

to seize global opportunities

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