The Climate Conversations Podcast: Can Singapore's clean energy transition include nuclear and geothermal sources?
Is it possible to build nuclear energy reactors in land-scarce Singapore?
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During his Budget 2024 speech, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a S$5 billion Future Energy Fund as part of Singapore’s transition to clean energy. Geothermal and nuclear energy sources are currently being studied as part of the country’s power portfolio.
GE Vernova’s Asia Decarbonization Leader Kazunari Fukui is our guest this week.
Nuclear is getting a renaissance globally ... everyone in the market is paying attention to the small modular reactor which ... (can take) three, four years (to develop and install).
Jump to these key moments:
- 2:41 Critical time to inject funds into energy transition
- 5:15 Singapore's dependence on natural gas
- 9:44 Why can't Singapore rely solely on hydrogen?
- 13:05 Geothermal and nuclear potential
- 17:10 Retiring fossil fuel infrastructure
Source: CNA/ta
