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S$10 Mil Awarded To Eight Research Teams Under The Clean Energy Research Programme |
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• International panel of experts selected the eight research proposals out of 60 submissions in this inaugural call
• Selected projects span a wide range of Solar Technologies
1. The first group of proposals that will be awarded grants totalling S$10 million under the Clean Energy Research Programme (CERP) was announced by the Clean Energy Programme Office (CEPO) today.
2. The eight awarded proposals span a wide range of technologies in the solar energy field. This includes R&D in the various main classes of solar energy, including purification of solar-grade silicon used in conventional wafer-based solar cells, thin-film photovoltaics (PV), novel PV technologies such as dye-sensitised solar cells, as well as high-efficiency concentrator solar cells. There are also application-related research projects, namely Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) and distributed generation.
3. The international Project Evaluation Panel members were pleased with the high quality of the selected projects. Professor Andrew Blakers, one of the foreign PEP members and Director of the Australian Research Council Centre for Solar Energy Systems said, “I am enthusiastic about the eight projects that have made the cut. They demonstrate internationally competitive science from strong teams led by skilled researchers. All will contribute to the international effort to replace greenhouse-emitting energy sources with clean renewable energy.”
4. CEPO’s Executive Director, Mr Ko Kheng Hwa, who is also EDB’s Managing Director, said, “We are happy to see the strong interest from both academia and industry in our inaugural call for proposals. This is a further boost to the strong growth momentum in our fledging solar industry. This programme represents the government’s commitment to support research in the Clean Energy sector and we look forward to supporting more bottom-up ideas from both the public and private sectors.”
5. The Clean Energy Research Programme was launched by CEPO on 30 October 2007 to accelerate research and development efforts to help drive the growth of the Clean Energy industry in Singapore. This S$50 million initiative supports both upstream and downstream commercially-relevant R&D efforts through a competitive project funding approach. (See Annex 2 for more information on CERP)
6. The first CERP grant call closed on 31 January 2008 and received 60 proposals from Singapore-based researchers in local Institutes of Higher Learning as well as private sector companies.
7. The domain for the first call was specifically Solar Technologies. The proposals were evaluated through a first round of international peer review. Subsequently, selected research teams were invited to present to CEPO’s Project Evaluation Panel (PEP) comprising eminent international and local members and the PEP recommended eight for funding. (See Annex 3 for a list of the PEP members)
8. The eight research proposals awarded funding are (in alphabetical order):
• Computational Tools for Optimal Planning and Scheduling of Distributed Renewable Energy Sources (National University of Singapore)
• Development of Flexible Dye Sensitized Solar Cells for Commercial Applications (NUS and Nanyang Technological University)
• Development of New Prototypes of High Performance Quantum Dots Excitonic Solar Cells (NUS)
• High Efficiency Multijunction III-V Solar Cell Technology for Terrestrial Photovoltaic Application (NTU)
• Innovative Processes for Low-cost Solar-grade Silicon Purification (Sinomem Technology Limited)
• Low Cost, Microcrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells via Advanced Plasma Processing (NTU)
• Multifunctional Photovoltaic Facades with Integrated Innovative Thinfilm and Selected Emerging PV Technologies for Energy Generation and Conservation (NUS)
• Novel High Efficiency Solid-State Self-sensitized Solar Cells (NTU)
9. CEPO plans to issue two grant calls every year and the next CERP call will open in August 2008.
Please see:
Annex 1 for quotes from CEPO, PEP and the recipients.
Annex 2 for more information on CERP.
Annex 3 for a list of CERP’s PEP members
Annex 4 for brief write-ups on the 8 selected projects, the lead Principal Investigator and his research team.
For media queries, please contact: Ms Tjan Hui Shi
DID: 65-6832-6216 / Mobile: 65-9007-2162 / Email: hui_shi_tjan@edb.gov.sg |
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