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The Climate Conversations Podcast: Can Singapore's clean energy transition include nuclear and geothermal sources?

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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.

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The only natural hot spring on the main island of Singapore, located at Sembawang. (Photo: Justin Ong)
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).
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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

Find more episodes of The Climate Conversations here.

A new episode of The Climate Conversations drops every Thursday. Follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify for the latest updates.

Have a great topic for us? Drop the team an email at cnapodcasts [at] mediacorp.com.sg

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