SINGAPORE, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) announced Monday that it intends to issue two Requests for Proposal (RFP) for up to four gigawatts (GW) of low-carbon electricity imports into the country by 2035.

This is part of Singapore's efforts to decarbonize its power sector and enhance energy security by diversifying energy supply sources, the EMA said in a media release at the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2021.

The two RFPs will outline the requirements, including how electricity imports should be from low-carbon sources. Proposals for electricity imported from coal-fired generation sources will not be accepted.

The EMA will conduct the first RFP to import up to 1.2 GW of electricity starting from 2027, while the second one will be for the remaining quantities of electricity imports by 2035.

The imports will make up around 30 percent of Singapore's electricity supply in 2035, when the remaining supply will continue to come from sources ranging from the current natural gas-fired power plants to solar and waste-to-energy sources.

The energy authority said the power sector has a key part to play in Singapore's efforts to reduce emissions for a more sustainable future, as it accounts for about 40 percent of Singapore's carbon emissions.

The city-state is transitioning to greener energy sources and harnessing the four "Switches," namely natural gas, solar, regional power grids and low-carbon alternatives, to transform its energy supply.

"Today, natural gas, which is the cleanest-burning fossil fuel, is our first 'switch' and is used to produce around 95 percent of Singapore's electricity," it added. "The EMA will continue to work with the power generation companies to improve the efficiency of their power plants."

The EMA also announced that under the Low-Carbon Energy Research Funding Initiative, Singapore has awarded 55 million Singapore dollars (about 40.91 million U.S. dollars) to support 12 research, development and demonstration projects on low-carbon energy technology solutions.

The 12 awarded projects will improve the technical and economic feasibility of implementing low-carbon technologies that support the decarbonization of Singapore's power and industry sectors, across the hydrogen area along with the carbon capture, utilization and storage area.

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