Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SINGAPORE540
2009-06-08 08:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Singapore
Cable title:
U.S. AND SINGAPORE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS
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UNCLAS SINGAPORE 000540
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EAP/EP - LHAWLEY
EAP/MTS - MCOPPOLA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN ENRG APECO ECON SN
SUBJECT: U.S. AND SINGAPORE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS
REF: STATE 52444
UNCLAS SINGAPORE 000540
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EAP/EP - LHAWLEY
EAP/MTS - MCOPPOLA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN ENRG APECO ECON SN
SUBJECT: U.S. AND SINGAPORE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS
REF: STATE 52444
1. (SBU) Singapore is the world's third largest oil-refining center
and a highly developed economy with substantial foreign investment
in the energy sector. Energy-related projects and research are
typically funded by multinational corporations and academic
institutions with a presence here. The United States does not
provide foreign assistance to Singapore to develop energy projects
and Post is not aware of any established USG and GOS energy
partnerships as outlined in reftel. However, Sandia National
Laboratories is currently proposing a transportation energy program
called The Transformational Energy Innovation Laboratory (TEIL). If
Sandia's proposal is successful, the U.S. Department of Energy and
the Singapore National Research Foundation, which is a department in
the Prime Minister's Office, would jointly fund the TEIL.
2. (SBU) According to Sandia contacts, the TEIL would be housed at
the Singapore Campus for Research Excellence and Technology
Enterprise (CREATE) and would focus its research on: Energy Systems
Analysis through a Global Energy Analysis Center (GEAC);
Transformational Nanomaterials Science and Engineering for Energy
(NSEE); and Biorefinery science and scale-up engineering at an
Integrated Biorefinery Testbed (IBT). Sandia has stated that the
TEIL would require total joint funding of approximately US$30
million per year for five years, and most of the funds would be
spent in Singapore. Sandia anticipates beginning the TEIL with the
U.S.-Singapore partnership but potentially expanding it to include
collaborations with academic institutions and other economies such
as China.
SHIELDS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EAP/EP - LHAWLEY
EAP/MTS - MCOPPOLA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN ENRG APECO ECON SN
SUBJECT: U.S. AND SINGAPORE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS
REF: STATE 52444
1. (SBU) Singapore is the world's third largest oil-refining center
and a highly developed economy with substantial foreign investment
in the energy sector. Energy-related projects and research are
typically funded by multinational corporations and academic
institutions with a presence here. The United States does not
provide foreign assistance to Singapore to develop energy projects
and Post is not aware of any established USG and GOS energy
partnerships as outlined in reftel. However, Sandia National
Laboratories is currently proposing a transportation energy program
called The Transformational Energy Innovation Laboratory (TEIL). If
Sandia's proposal is successful, the U.S. Department of Energy and
the Singapore National Research Foundation, which is a department in
the Prime Minister's Office, would jointly fund the TEIL.
2. (SBU) According to Sandia contacts, the TEIL would be housed at
the Singapore Campus for Research Excellence and Technology
Enterprise (CREATE) and would focus its research on: Energy Systems
Analysis through a Global Energy Analysis Center (GEAC);
Transformational Nanomaterials Science and Engineering for Energy
(NSEE); and Biorefinery science and scale-up engineering at an
Integrated Biorefinery Testbed (IBT). Sandia has stated that the
TEIL would require total joint funding of approximately US$30
million per year for five years, and most of the funds would be
spent in Singapore. Sandia anticipates beginning the TEIL with the
U.S.-Singapore partnership but potentially expanding it to include
collaborations with academic institutions and other economies such
as China.
SHIELDS