The challenge will even introduce a brand new programme that develops promising options into commercially deployable options to meet Singapore’s local weather targets
[SINGAPORE] The Republic will launch a brand new S$800 million challenge to support research and innovation in low-carbon technologies, mentioned Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science & Technology Tan See Leng on Monday (Mar 2) throughout his ministry’s Committee of Supply debate.
Under the Decarbonisation Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) Grand Challenge (DGC), the federal government will make investments S$800 million over the subsequent 5 years to support research, innovation and translation efforts for low-carbon power technology and industrial course of decarbonisation technologies for the business and energy sectors.
The DGC additionally falls underneath the federal government’s broader technique to leverage science and know-how to set up management in key progress sectors and enterprise into new progress areas, mentioned Dr Tan.
“Building on past efforts, we are significantly increasing investments in promising solutions to reduce power sector and industry emissions, and at the same time, ensure a reliable and resilient power system,” he added.
The DCG is certainly one of two “grand challenges” underneath the nationwide RIE2030 plan, with the primary introduced in December 2025. The RIE grand challenges are large-scale research and translation programmes that advance nationwide strategic priorities.
Decarbonisation has been recognized as one precedence, on account of Singapore’s dedication to cut back its greenhouse-gas emissions to between 45 and 50 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equal by 2035, and to attain net-zero emissions by 2050.
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The S$800 million funding underneath the DGC will catalyse developments in low-carbon technologies that may be deployed in Singapore to meet its local weather commitments.
It will give attention to technologies with the potential to decarbonise the business and energy sectors at scale. This is as a result of industrial processes and energy technology account for greater than 80 per cent of Singapore’s greenhouse-gas emissions.
Examples of those technologies embody solar energy, hydrogen and its derivatives; power effectivity; power storage; carbon seize and utilisation; and grid modernisation.
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The DGC will support laboratory-based research to advance the event of rising low-carbon technologies, in addition to support the test-bedding and piloting of extra mature options.
New programme to pilot promising improvements
Under the DGC, the federal government will even launch a brand new programme that develops promising options into commercially deployable options to serve Singapore’s local weather targets.
The Singapore Pilots for Energy and Enterprise Decarbonisation (Speed) programme might be hosted by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research underneath the DGC.
The Speed programme will convey collectively stakeholders from throughout the Republic’s local weather tech ecosystem, together with facility homeowners, buyers, answer suppliers and related authorities businesses to pilot and support the event of promising improvements.
The authorities will launch extra data on particular initiatives underneath the DGC, together with the Speed programme, in the approaching months.
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