Singapore Key Figures
- Population:
- 5.45 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 7.61 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 1.81%
Data of the last year available: 2021
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 76.0 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 8.77 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 0.77%
* at purchasing power parity
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Total Energy Consumption
Total energy consumption per capita is about 5.9 toe (2021), with a consumption of 9 800 kWh of electricity in 2021.
Total energy consumption has been decreasing since 2017 (-2.3%/year), reaching 32 Mtoe in 2022, after a rapid increase from 2010 to 2017 (+5.8/year).
Oil has a dominant share in the country's total energy consumption, with 68% in 2021. However, its share has fallen due to the increased demand for gas (from 6% in 2000 to 28% in 2010 and stable since then). Biomass and coal use is marginal (2% each).
Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)
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Crude Oil Production
Singapore is the world's third largest oil products trading place. Thanks to its geographical position, at the extremity of the Strait of Malacca and on the shipping, routes connecting the Middle Eastern producing countries to the Southeast Asian importing countries, Singapore is a key crossing point for oil trade in Asia. Moreover, the country built an artificial island, Jurong Island, entirely dedicated to the oil industry. Singapore is a big refining centre, with a capacity of 1.3 mb/d (end of 2021).
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Renewable in % Electricity Production
In 2019, the government announced a new target of 2 GW of solar PV (on industrial land and roof spaces) by 2030 (0.5 GW in 2021).
Solar development is supported through the SolarNova programme. The Housing and Development Board (HDB) plans to install PV panels on half of its rooftops in the coming years. The city state also plans to double the floating solar capacity to 160 MW and to add 200 MW of energy storage system (ESS) by 2025. In 2020, the first ESS facility was installed for a test-bed (2.4 MW).
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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
In October 2022,the government announced it would reduce its carbon emissions target for 2030 to 60 MtCO2eq, corresponding to 7.7% additional reduction compared to its NDC target (or 5 MtCO2eq). It also aims at achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The first NDC set the target of reducing the GHG emission intensity by 36% from 2005 levels by 2030 (65 MtCO2eq), with an aim of achieving peak emissions around 2030. The updated NDC (2020) included nitrogen trifluoride gases (NF3) within the peak emissions ceiling and kept the same reduction target.