Who We Are

Our Role

The Advanced Energy and Decarbonisation Office (AEDO) is Singapore’s national platform for coordinating and supporting the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of technologies to support Singapore’s decarbonisation goals.

AEDO serves as the Implementing Agency for the S$800 million Decarbonisation Grand Challenge (DGC) under Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 tranche of funding (RIE2030*).

AEDO builds on the foundations established by the Low-Carbon Energy Research Coordinating Office (LCER CO), with an expanded mandate, spanning research, industry engagement, technology translation and deployment.

*RIE2030 is Singapore’s $37 billion national five-year plan (2026 to 2030) to drive research, innovation, and enterprise across strategic sectors.

What We Do

As a one-stop programme office for decarbonisation and grid research, development, and demonstration (RD&D), AEDO provides funding for research and development (R&D) and test-bedding within the focus areas of industry decarbonisation, power decarbonisation and power system enablers.

AEDO also serves as the bridge between academia and industry – connecting industry to our world-class research capabilities, and researchers to global industry partners who can sharpen their technology development, collaborate on projects and license and commercialise locally-developed Intellectual Property (IP).

Our Key Functions

Working across government, academia, and industry, AEDO’s key functions include:

• Engaging industry to understand technology needs, identify opportunities for collaboration and connect research with real-world applications;

• Administering funding opportunities across a variety of modalities;

• Project-managing funded R&D projects across their lifecycle;

• Supporting technology piloting and translation through platforms such as Low Carbon Technology Translational Test-bed (LCT³), Electrification and Power Grids Centre (EPGC), and Singapore Pilots for Energy & Enterprise Decarbonisation (SPEED), helping promising technologies progress towards demonstration and deployment; and

• Facilitating technology licensing and commercialisation.

Funding under the DGC spans Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) 1–8, providing a pathway for promising technologies to progress from research towards real-world application.

AEDO Is Co-Led Across Two Complementary Teams

Research & Development (R&D)

Led by John Chen, Executive Director (R&D), focuses on advancing research, development, and piloting of TRL 1–6 decarbonisation technologies.

Singapore Pilots for Energy & Enterprise Decarbonisation (SPEED)

Led by Eugene Kwok, Executive Director (SPEED), focuses on the commercial scale-up and demonstration of TRL 6–8 decarbonisation technologies.

Together, AEDO’s R&D and SPEED teams enable AEDO to take an end-to-end view of technology development, ensuring research priorities are aligned with industry needs and supporting technologies as they progress from early-stage R&D towards scale-up and demonstration.