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Viewing cable 08SINGAPORE1243, ENERGY MARKET AUTHORITY DEPUTY CEO ON SINGAPORE'S

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08SINGAPORE1243 2008-11-21 10:40 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Singapore
VZCZCXRO6528
OO RUEHDT RUEHPB
DE RUEHGP #1243/01 3261040
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 211040Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6056
INFO RUCNARF/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
RHMCSUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SINGAPORE 001243 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG SN
SUBJECT: ENERGY MARKET AUTHORITY DEPUTY CEO ON SINGAPORE'S 
ENERGY FUTURE 
 
1.  (U) This message in Sensitive But Unclassified.  Protect 
accordingly. 
 
2.  (SBU) Summary:  Singapore Energy Market Authority Deputy 
CEO Lawrence Wong told the DCM that Singapore would like to 
take steps to reduce its energy dependence on gas coming into 
Singapore from its neighbors by pipeline.  In 20 or 30 years, 
Singapore may pursue nuclear power options, Wong said, if the 
technology is in place to make it safe to operate nuclear 
reactors in the context of Singapore's very limited land 
area.  In about 10 years, Singapore may move to make greater 
use of electric cars, which should increase energy 
efficiency.  Staring in 2012, Singapore will have the 
capacity to bring in LNG by ship, reducing its dependence on 
the pipelines and the neighbors.  End Summary. 
 
3.  (SBU) DCM met on November 14 with Lawrence Wong, Deputy 
Chief Executive of Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA), 
and asked Wong how he sees Singapore's energy future.  Before 
Wong's recent move to EMA, which is Singapore's energy market 
regulator, Wong had served as Principal Private Secretary to 
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.  Wong noted that EMA and 
Singapore's Energy Studies Institute held the inaugural 
International Energy Week the week of November 3, attracting 
2,500 people to energy-related discussions including a 
November 4 lecture by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew 
(transcript e-mailed to State EAP/MTS).  Singapore's hope is 
that this will develop into a major annual international 
gathering, like the Shangri-La Dialogue in the military and 
security area.   The organizers are looking for a 
non-governmental partner with extensive energy contacts to 
play the organizing and networking role for International 
Energy Week that the London-based International Institute for 
Strategic Studies (IISS) plays for the Shangri-La Dialogue. 
Wong plans to approach Cambridge Energy Research Associates 
(CERA) to see if they are interested in this. 
 
4.  (SBU) Wong said Singapore, which is currently about 80 
percent dependent on gas imported by pipeline from its 
neighbors to meet its energy needs, is thinking seriously 
about pursuing nuclear power options to diversify energy 
supply, but this is a long-term prospect, perhaps 20 or 30 
years out.  Wong said the idea is to create the conditions so 
the government can respond in an informed manner if a time 
comes when a company determines that it makes sense, from an 
economic perspective, to seek to build a nuclear reactor in 
Singapore.  At present, Singapore has virtually no expertise 
in the nuclear area, so the country is starting from scratch. 
 The big problem for Singapore with regard to nuclear energy, 
as Lee Kuan Yew stated, is that it lacks the land area to 
create a 30-kilometer safety buffer around a nuclear reactor. 
 Another problem, Wong noted, is that a typical nuclear 
reactor would generate about one-sixth of Singapore's power 
needs, which means Singapore would have to come up with 
elaborate contingency plans to avoid big disruptions if the 
reactor ever had to be shut down.  As technology advances, 
this may become less of a problem.  Singapore is waiting to 
see if the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Committee approves pebble 
bed reactor technology, which holds out the prospect of 
moving to multiple mini-reactors that need only small buffer 
areas, Wong said. 
 
5.  (SBU) Wong stated that in the period about 10 years out, 
Singapore is interested is shifting more to electric cars, 
which should increase energy efficiency.  The GOS does not 
want to raise unrealistic expectations and is not willing to 
provide market-distorting subsidies for electric cars, which 
is why Lee Kuan Yew gave a cautious response when asked about 
electric cars, but in fact conditions are excellent for 
electric cars in Singapore, with it compact, flat, landmass. 
Singapore would need to come up with a creative way for 
people to charge their cars in parking lots (relatively few 
Singaporeans have private garages), but this is a technical 
problem that can be solved.  A major advantage of electric 
cars is that the tendency is to charge them up at night, when 
the electric grid is otherwise relatively lightly utilized. 
 
6.  (SBU) In the period starting four years out, in 2012, 
Singapore will begin using LNG (initially three million tons 
annually, later six million tons) to meet a significant part 
of its energy needs.  Singapore is working with BG of 
Houston, which will be the consolidator.  The big advantage 
to LNG is that it can come in by ship from suppliers 
anywhere, which will lessen Singapore's dependence on gas 
that comes by pipeline from the neighbors. 
 
Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website: 
 
SINGAPORE 00001243  002 OF 002 
 
 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm 
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