Singapore’s Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS)

Meta Data

Draft:

Revision of previous policy?:

Effective Start Year:

2020

Effective End Year:

2050

Scope:

National

Document Type:

Plan/Strategy

Economic Sector:

Energy, Power, Industry, Transport, Building, Multi-Sector, Other

Energy Types:

Power, Nuclear, Renewable, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar, Wind, Other

Issued by:

National Climate Change Secretariat Strategy Group, Prime Minister’s Office

Source:

UNFCCC

File:

Singapore’s Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy

Overall Summary:

Singapore’s Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS) document titled “Charting Singapore’s Low-Carbon and Climate Resilient Future”, builds on the enhanced NDC’s target by aspiring to halve our emissions from its peak to 33MtCO2e by 2050, with a view to achieving net zero emissions as soon as viable in the second half of the century.

Efficiency

EE priorities:

We will also promote energy efficiency and conservation in every sector, identify new growth opportunities, spur innovation and drive behavioural. --- We will work with our industries so that they are among the best-in-class in global energy and carbon efficiency.

EE standards for appliances:

To reduce energy consumption in the household sector, we have introduced Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) and a Mandatory Energy Labelling Scheme (MELS) for common household appliances. These standards are reviewed regularly and will be raised over time to increase the adoption of more energy-efficient appliances. In addition, we have implemented incentives for households to switch to energy efficient appliances and launched campaigns to increase public awareness on energy efficiency and conservation.

EE industry standards:

We enhanced our grant schemes in 2019 to support companies to improve their energy efficiency. We will also bring companies within a sector together to achieve systems-level efficiency gains across the sector.

EE building standards:

We are on schedule to green 80% of our buildings by gross floor area (GFA) by 2030. As of March 2020, we have greened more than 40% of our buildings. --- To support the push towards more energy efficient buildings, we plan to raise the minimum energy performance standards for all new and existing buildings undergoing major retrofitting works. In addition, we will identify all buildings in the annual publication of building energy performance data, to facilitate benchmarking and spur building owners to undertake retrofitting measures to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings.

Renewable Energy

RE targets:

Our solar deployment target has been raised from 350 megawatt-peak (MWp) by 2020, to at least 2 gigawatt-peak (GWp) by 2030. This will however meet only around 4% of our current annual electricity needs and 10% of our current peak daily electricity needs.

RE action plans:

We are scaling up the deployment of solar energy, including through innovative modes of deployment such as floating, offshore, and building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).

Environment

Energy environmental priorities:

We are investing in research and development (R&D) to increase energy efficiency, harness renewable energy and decarbonise our grid, industries, and buildings. This includes emerging technologies currently still in the developmental phase, e.g. carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and low-carbon hydrogen. Our ability to realise a low-carbon future will depend on the maturing of such emerging technologies; [...] --- We will forge effective collaborations and partnerships with likeminded countries in areas such as carbon storage, energy imports via regional power grids and other innovative platforms, and leverage market-based mechanisms that support environmental integrity.

GHG emissions reduction targets:

Beyond 2030, Singapore aims to significantly reduce our emissions. Our LEDS aspires to halve emissions from its peak to 33 MtCO2e by 2050, with a view to achieving net-zero emissions as soon as viable in the second half of the century.

Pollution control action plans:

We aim to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles by 2040, and have all vehicles running on cleaner energy. All new public bus purchases will be cleaner energy buses, including fully electric or hybrid models. To encourage takeup of cleaner vehicles, new electric vehicle (EV) purchases will receive rebates for a three-year period from January 2021. We will also expand the public EV charging infrastructure significantly.

Technology

Clean energy technology priorities:

We are studying emerging technologies that can help drive decarbonisation in industrial processes. We will work with industry and our research community to undertake R&D and pilots to evaluate and improve their feasibility.