Uploaded on 2018-08-14 by Pushpa Veerappan

Electricity in Singapore The urgent imperative to check greenhouse gas emissions which give rise to global warming, as nations agreed to do at the Paris climate summit in December, the world will need a lot more energy, but with a lot less carbon dioxide (CO2) produced in the process. Traditionally, most of Singapore’s supply of natural gas comes from pipelines connected to Indonesia and Malaysia. Singapore is exploring future alternative energy sources from solar to shale gas. Solar energy stands out as the energy source with the greatest potential for deployment in Singapore’s context. Singapore receives sunshine all year-round, with an average solar irradiance of 1580kWh/m2/year (or, 50% more solar radiation compared to temperate countries)