Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong at the Singapore International Energy Week on Oct 23, 2023. SINGAPORE: Singapore has not made any decision to deploy nuclear energy yet but must keep its options open and build expertise in the area, Ministry for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong said on Monday during the Singapore International Energy Week.
However, Mr Gan stressed that Singapore had yet to make a decision about nuclear energy. Instead, Singapore has been growing its capabilities in nuclear safety, emergency preparedness and response. The government is also studying advanced nuclear technologies and their suitability for Singapore. One example is small modular reactors, which Mr Gan said showed promise in being safer than conventional large-scale reactors.
Apart from nuclear energy, Singapore has reached another milestone in an alternative form of low-carbon energy, hydrogen, with the launch of the next stage of selection of low or zero-carbon ammonia power generation and bunkering project developer. Last year, Singapore announced its National Hydrogen Strategy, which aims to experiment with the use of advanced hydrogen technologies that are on the cusp of commercial readiness.