The Big Read: Can a higher carbon tax lead Singapore to the promised green land?
SINGAPORE: Back in 2019, when Singaore became the first Southeast Asian country to implement a carbon tax — touted as a cost-effective way to combat global warming — many viewed the rate of S$5 per tonne of carbon emissions as too low.
The future of sustainable energy in Singapore
The future of sustainable energy in Singapore is bright, according to experts who spoke at a recent forum on clean energy. As part of Singapore’s Smart Nation journey, the city-state has started to implement clean energy initiatives such as the SolarNova programme and is embarking on intensive research and development to increase the contribution of […]
The Northern Territory’s sunshine will soon be lighting up Singapore
Forget Australia’s Big Banana, Big Pineapple and Big Merino. The world’s biggest battery, largest solar farm and longest subsea power cable are coming.
The push for adopting Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Vehicles in Singapore
As Singapore seeks to move away from its dependence on gas towards renewable energy sources like solar, the transport sector is similarly undergoing the same shift towards alternative fuel sources. Alongside the increasing electrification in the transport sector, there has been renewed interest in the use of Hydrogen fuel cells vehicles, a move which may […]
The sharing economy for energy is coming to Singapore
A local start-up is on the way to bringing peer-to-peer energy trading to Singapore, which its founder says will grow the renewable energy market in the sun-drenched island nation. A Singapore start-up has launched a trial for the country’s first peer-to-peer energy trading platform. Called Synergy, the platform will enable Singapore residents to produce, buy and sell renewable […]
This is Singapore’s plan to avoid running out of water
Every day after his morning run, Adam Reutens-Tan washes under a half-full camping shower hooked on the ceiling of his bathroom. The modified shower, which uses just four litres of water, is one of several ways the Reutens-Tans family conserve water as part of a countrywide push to cut Singapore’s daily consumption by 8% by […]
Three Singapore firms to invest $100m in Southeast Asian renewables projects
Projects in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Myanmar are already in the pipeline for financing. Singapore-based firms WEnergy Global, ICMG Partners, and Greenway Grid Global (GGG), an investment company with TEPCO Power Grid Inc (TEPCO-PG) as one of the major shareholders, have formed an investment entity of $60m. According to an announcement, this entity will finance […]
Three-quarter tank rule to apply to Singapore diesel-powered vehicles from April
SINGAPORE: From Apr 1 this year, all Singapore-registered diesel-powered vehicles will be required to have at least three-quarters of a tank of fuel when leaving Singapore via the land checkpoints, said Singapore Customs on Wednesday (Jan 2). This minimum requirement, commonly referred to as the “three-quarter tank rule”, currently only applies to Singapore vehicles running on petrol […]
TNB forays into Singapore RE market with Sunseap Group
KUALA LUMPUR (March 2): Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) via wholly-owned subsidiary TNB Renewables Sdn Bhd has entered into a binding term sheet of collaboration with Singapore-based Sunseap Group to tap into the renewable energy (RE) and corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) market in Singapore.
TNB inks energy wheeling agreement
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has inked an energy wheeling agreement for the sale, transmission and purchase of electrical energy from Laos to Singapore through Thailand and Malaysia.