P090319-013: Renewable Energy Potential Assessment Using Geographic Information System Tools
Principal Investigator(s): Durairaju Kumaran RAJU
The project aims to analyse the renewable energy resources such as wind, solar, tide, geothermal, hydro, bio-energy and nuclear, and to determine which energy technologies are viable solutions in Singapore and inputs the data into a Geographic Information System (GIS) with the development of customised application tools that can be used for decision-making and policy analysis in addition to planning for future renewable energy projects. The ultimate aim of the project includes development of nationwide centralised renewable resources data centre with information such as maps, data; and GIS tools for integrated resources assessment and decision making.
P090301-012: The Economics of Climate Change Regimes
Principal Investigator(s):Chang Youngho
The rules that will replace the Kyoto Protocol should be fair in allocating commitment targets, efficient in achieving them, and cost-effective in containing the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at or within a threshold level. Although the UNFCCC advocates the adherence of emissions reduction commitment targets based on “common but differentiated responsibilities”, the way to engage the current and potential largest carbon dioxide emitters in the climate change regime governed by the Kyoto Protocol has not been successfully developed. Issues like clearing historical liabilities and securing the participation of every country in committing carbon dioxide emissions reduction at the same time have not been resolved yet. This project aims to develop a fair, efficient and cost-effective framework for inducing necessary emissions reduction.
P090301-011: Fossil Fuel Energy Demand and Supply Transitions in Southeast Asia (Discontinued)
P090101-010: Energy Efficiency Potential Study in Land Passenger Transport in Singapore
Principal Investigator(s):WONG Yuk Sum
This project aims to study the energy use and GHG emissions of Singapore’s land transport sector, from where a model with both bottom-up and top-down approaches will be developed. The model can be used to examine the energy efficiency potential and to help policy makers assess economic outcomes of energy policies, which foster technological change and reduce the long-run energy use along with GHG emissions.
Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and compressed natural gas vehicles (CNGVs) are some of the more environmental-friendly transport options to reduce energy use and GHG emissions in the land transport sector. This project will assess the technical, economic and maximum achievable energy efficiency potential of each of these vehicles and their environmental and economic impact on Singapore land transport.
An energy-environment-economic model of Singapore’s land passenger transport sector will be developed which can be imported into nation-wide MARKAL models to formulate national energy and environmental policies.
P090101-009: Household Energy Consumption in Singapore - Study of Energy Efficiency, Elasticity and Consumption Trends
Principal Investigator(s):Elspeth THOMSON, Benjamin TANG
Collaborator(s): ANG Beng Wah, CHANG Youngho
This project is a comprehensive study of household energy consumption in Singapore. The sector accounts for 10% of Singapore’s total primary energy consumption and CO2 emissions. It is separated into three modules. Module 1 deals with the energy efficiency of the household sector. Module 2 focuses on the energy elasticity of households, while Module 3 analyses the social aspects of household consumption.
P081101-008: Energy Technology Roadmap for Singapore
Principal Investigator(s):Michael Quah
The project is to craft a technology roadmap for energy security and environmental sustainability pertinent to Singapore but encompassing a broad global sweep of technologies and programmes related to energy sources, conversion systems, and system integration challenges. Given the duration of the project, the roadmap was developed to focus on the need to return to renewable resources at a (not too) distant future when fossil fuels become scarce or when the extraction and conversion of fossil sources become uneconomical. Signposts highlighting key energy technologies and the need for “systems of systems” integration are established in the roadmap. Recommendations for action, including the need for greater regional ASEAN collaborations because of issues of “energy density” in the future, form the concluding section of the project.