Updates on Funds Disbursed under and Key Successes of Exploiting Distributed Generation Programme

1 Ms Nadia Ahmad Samdin asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether he can provide an update on how much funds have been disbursed under the $20 million Exploiting Distributed Generation Programme in partnership with the Singapore Institute of Technology since 2018; and (b) what are the key successes of the programme to date.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: The Energy Market Authority and the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) launched the $20 million Exploiting Distributed Generation programme in 2018 to support the development of distributed energy technologies in Singapore. About $14 million has been awarded to four research projects thus far, across two grant calls in 2019 and 2023.

The projects awarded under the first grant call in 2019 focused on microgrid design as well as distributed energy management. Some of the interesting findings from the projects will be tested at the Multi-Energy Microgrid at SIT's Punggol Campus later this year, to assess their potential for improving energy efficiency and generating cost savings.

The research project awarded under the second grant call will test-bed vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. This three-year project, which commenced in November 2023, is studying approaches to intelligently manage electricity demand through large-scale V2G adoption.