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27 Oct 2025
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- As part of Singapore’s efforts to explore various pathways to decarbonise our energy mix, the Singapore Economic Development Board issued a closed call for proposals in September 2025 to demonstrate and test biomethane’s potential for power generation and industrial applications.
- Biomethane is a promising pathway for decarbonising the power sector while supporting energy security.
- Viability as a drop-in replacement for fossil natural gas
Biomethane is a renewable fuel produced by upgrading biogas from organic waste or residues to almost pure methane, and is chemically identical to fossil-derived methane. Methane is the main component of natural gas, which currently accounts for 95% of Singapore’s fuel mix for power generation.
- Emission reduction using current natural gas infrastructure
- Security and Resilience
Biomethane enables emissions abatement without costly retrofits, as it can make use of the current natural gas infrastructure in Singapore.
Biomethane supports the continued use of existing combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGTs). Biomethane and natural gas can be used inter-changeably, and thus improve resilience against supply disruptions.
- Viability as a drop-in replacement for fossil natural gas
- The biomethane sandbox aims to catalyse market development by facilitating matchmaking between supply and demand in Singapore's energy ecosystem, while providing a controlled environment to test commercial viability and operational frameworks prior to broader market deployment beyond the 300MW capacity of the sandbox.