CARES is hosting two projects under the newly launched CREATE Thematic Programme in Decarbonisation supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) in Singapore. The two projects will investigate non-fossil fuel-based pathways for Singapore’s chemical manufacturing industry and energy systems. The projects will advance new technology and ideas from existing work at CARES and aid the country’s business transition away from petrochemicals towards a net-zero emissions target by 2050.
Mr Heng Swee Keat, Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of NRF, toured the CARES laboratory to view the technical capabilities required for the new projects.
“In just a decade, CARES has established cutting-edge R&D facilities dedicated to decarbonisation projects that not only reduce emissions but also pave the way for a more sustainable future for Singapore. From hydrogen combustion and laser-based combustion diagnostics to the development of cleaner fuels for gas stoves, their work is closely aligned with the goals outlined in our Singapore Green Plan 2030, and achieving Singapore’s net-zero emissions goal by 2050.”
The new projects are Hydrogen and Ammonia Combustion in Singapore (HYCOMBS) and Sustainable Manufacture of Molecules and Materials in Singapore (SM3).
CARES would like to acknowledge our local partners at Nanyang Technological University for helping to set up the CARES facilities in 2013 and being instrumental partners in our projects over the last decade with the National University of Singapore.
Read the full press release here.
Read the feature in The Straits Times (Singapore’s national English news outlet).
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HYCOMBS and SM3 are funded by the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore under its Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) programme.
