Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore

28/03/2022

ESI Research Fellow Ms Melissa Low will participate in the inaugural NUS Environmental Policy Forum on “Youths and the Green Plan” organised by the NUS Political Association, alongside Singapore's Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Ms Grace Fu.

This online forum is open to all students and academics (part-time and full-time) from Institutes of Higher Learning e.g. Universities, Polytechnics, ITEs and Junior Colleges.

To attend, register via https://bit.ly/nuspaEPF2022nus (for NUS) and https://bit.ly/nuspaEPF2022public (public).

23/03/2022

How well do YOU know Singapore's energy landscape? Take ESI's Singapore Energy Quiz 2022 and find out now!

https://tinyurl.com/esiquiz

[Quiz will take approx. 10-15 minutes. Your score and answers will be revealed at the end of the quiz.]

23/02/2022

ESI Research Fellow Melissa Low was recently a part of the "Ask the Finance Minister: Singapore Budget 2022 Forum", a Channel NewsAsia programme where Finance Minister Lawrence Wong fields questions from a panel of Singaporeans about the government's 2022 budget. Melissa specifically raised questions about Singapore's carbon taxes as well as greening the jobs market as the nation grows in its decarbonisation efforts.

ESI is proud to be a part of the ongoing local discourse on energy, climate change and the economy and will continue to refresh our perspectives in light of new policies and market landscapes.

You can catch this program on Channel NewsAsia, or watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/NrhmzyzVwrU

Singapore Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Friday (Feb 18) delivered the Budget 2022 statement in Parliament listing out significant changes to Singapore’s ...

21/02/2022

As Singapore makes plans to gradually impose carbon taxes, Singaporeans are being confronted by the reality of price hikes and increased costs of living.

ESI Senior Research Fellow David Broadstock joins other experts in analysing what this means for local households in the years ahead. Read the full Straits Times article here:

Businesses may decide to pass on increased operating costs to consumers as they make green transition. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

08/02/2022

It's not too late to register for our webinar titled "Price recovery or price discovery: What direction is Singapore’s wholesale electricity market heading?"

ESI Senior Research Fellow Dr David C. Broadstock has written extensively on the topic, and will offer his insights into the local wholesale electricity market.

Sign up now!

By David C. Broadstock Senior Research Fellow Head, Energy Economics Division In a world of perfect information, price discovery is not a process so much as it is a matter of fact. In the real-world limits to resources, the presence of transactions costs, ubiquity of incomplete information and the n...

08/02/2022

ESI Research Fellow Mary Ann Q. Franco recently wrote a commentary titled "Why Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia?" published in the Philippine Strategic Forum (a Philippine local academic forum).

What are your thoughts about renewable energy and its potential in the region?

Read more here:

Photo by Jeremy Bezanger on Unsplash As the global population and economy grow, energy demand also increases. Southeast Asian countries total final energy consumption is expected to increase by 38 per cent by 2025 and 146 per cent by 2040 in business-as-usual scenario. Rapid population and economic....

31/01/2022

ESI Research Fellow Melissa Low was recently invited as a panellist to participate in "Connecting the green dots"; a webinar organised by the Straits Times.

Speaking alongside other local luminaries on climate change, Melissa shared about her experience raising awareness on climate change and her work on capacity-building for climate change negotiations.

Read the full article here:

For example, bird migration schedules seem to be shifting due to changes in climate. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

27/01/2022

ESI's Senior Principal Research Fellow Dr Philip Andrews-Speed shared his perspectives with Eco-Business on the political factors that shape China's efforts to improve its air quality. What do you think is hindering or helping China as a nation in its "war against pollution"?

Read more here:

The country achieved a significant milestone when Beijing met national PM2.5 standards for the first time last year, but its neighbouring provinces are still not meeting the mark.

17/01/2022

Join us on 9 Feb (Wed) at 3PM for an ESI Open Webinar titled: "Price recovery or price discovery: What direction is Singapore’s wholesale electricity market heading?"

Dr. David C. Broadstock, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Energy Economics Division at ESI will be analysing the topography of power prices, making use of concepts borrowed from financial econometrics to investigate the nature of local power price volatilities.

Don't miss out on this relevant and insightful session!

Register here now:
https://lnkd.in/gpqgz6DB

21/12/2021

Market forces at home and abroad, and the fact ...Read more at https://www.straitstimes.com/

07/12/2021

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures: Where to Start and Why Do I Need to Disclose?

Come join ESI & ERM at this focused webinar on Thursday, 9 Dec from 3-4pm SGT! Registration is free, but registration required.

Register here: https://nus-sg.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LkAptacSRq-_6ZO0oIybfw

30/11/2021

Two new ESI Policy Briefs on the outcomes:

Melissa Low, Sandeep Chamling Rai, Key Outcomes of COP26: The Glasgow Climate Pact, ESI Policy Brief no. 49 (25 November 2021)
https://esi.nus.edu.sg/docs/default-source/esi-policy-briefs/key-outcomes-of-cop26--the-glasgow-climate-pact.pdf?sfvrsn=706cc504_2

Melissa Low, Eric Bea,COP26 Article 6 Outcomes: Untangling the Spaghetti, ESI Policy Brief no. 50 (29 November 2021).
https://esi.nus.edu.sg/docs/default-source/esi-policy-briefs/cop26-article-6-outcomes-untangling-the-spaghetti.pdf