TUMCREATE Engages Policymakers from Energy Sector in findings for Singapore’s Pathway to Carbon Neutrality

11.04.2025

 

TUMCREATE's Energy and Power Systems Group (EPSG) hosted a workshop on 5th March 2025, bringing together policymakers from the energy system sphere.

 

As the project moves into its final year, the team around the project’s lead PIs, Prof Dr Thomas Hamacher, Prof S Viswanathan, Prof Harald Klein, Dr Ding Ovi Lian and Dr Tobias Massier, Principal Scientist and Head of EPSG, presented a summary of their findings to date. This included the latest results on new energy technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), liquid air energy storage, and hydrogen technology pathways.

 

 

Among other findings, the studies projected the energy and electricity demand for Singapore and the region. The team has integrated demand estimates and forecasts on the new energy technologies into its energy system model. This model has been proven to find the optimal power production mix for Southeast Asia with a high share of renewable energies, CCS plants, hydrogen and nuclear plants. The main finding from the energy system model is the future dominance of solar photovoltaics in the region to reduce carbon emissions from power generation.

 

The engaged experts discussed insights on the possible pathways for Singapore's energy future which include electricity imports, carbon utilisation and Singapore as a hydrogen hub. The best options for Singapore’s energy future in the mid-term concluded a lively event.

 

 

These exchanges took place against the backdrop of Singapore’s Green Plan to use cleaner energy sources¹, supporting the nation’s climate neutrality goals, its transition to net zero by 2050 and Singapore's National Hydrogen strategy².

 

The Singapore’s Pathway to Carbon Neutrality project is a collaboration with Nanyang Technological University (NTU).