Deadline: 15-Oct-22
The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) is seeking applications for its Exploiting Distributed GEneration (EDGE) Programme that focuses on next-generation energy technologies.
This first-of-its-kind grant scheme builds capabilities in distributed energy technologies to prepare Singapore for an increasingly decentralised energy landscape.
Aims
With more distributed energy resources, it is important to manage and integrate them with the national power system. The EDGE programme aims to:
- Enhance Singapore’s power engineering capabilities, focusing on microgrids and distributed energy resources through open grant calls to support collaborative research between Institutes of Higher Learning and the industry.
- Build capabilities to operate and manage a micro-grid testbed at SIT Punggol. The campus microgrid, when ready in 2024, will be part of the national infrastructure, open to industry and academia for research, development and demonstration.
Grant Objectives
- The grant call aims to strengthen and develop new capabilities in the areas of distributed generation to prepare Singapore for a decentralised energy system, through electrical power engineering.
- There are 2 domain research areas for this grant call:
- Interconnection and Management of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) with Utility Grid to Provide Non-Homogeneous Power Quality. Develop the optimal architecture and strategies for interconnection of DERs with the utility grid and for management of these DERs to provide differentiated levels of power delivery service to different categories of end-use loads, with the aim of reducing the overall costs of energy delivery in the electricity supply chain.
- Asset Management with Computational Intelligence Based Predictive Maintenance that can manage a Large Number of DERs including Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technologies. Develop technologies and methodologies to efficiently and economically manage and maintain the projected increased number of DERs (including V2G applications) in the future power network with the aim of optimising total life-cycle cost.
Eligibility Criteria
- This RFP is open to research consortia comprising IHLs, RIs, public sector agencies, not-for-profit organisations, and private sector companies. In line with EDGE’s focus on near-to-market and industry focused innovations, proposals shall be led by a Host Institution. “Host Institution” refers to a company which is incorporated under the Companies Act and is in the energy and power related industries. To encourage stronger partnership with Singapore’s research community, consortia comprising multiple IHLs and RIs are strongly encouraged.
- Proposals shall not be funded or be currently considered for funding by other agencies.
- Funding awarded cannot be used to support overseas research activities. All funding awarded must be used to carry out the research activities in Singapore.
- Proposals will be funded 50% of the approved qualifying costs in cash. Companies that are involved in the proposals shall contribute 30% of qualifying costs as cash and/or in-kind contribution. SIT will also provide additional in-kind contribution (20% of the approved qualifying costs).
- Only IHLs, RIs and not-for profit organisations would be allowed support for indirect costs, which include up to 30% of qualifying costs as overheads.
- The project may include research collaborations with local or overseas organisations. However, contracting out the whole or substantial part of the research work is not permitted.
- Collaborators are not permitted to receive, directly or indirectly, any part of the funding, whether in cash or in the form of assets acquired using the funding or otherwise. All assets acquired using the funding must be located in Singapore and maintained within the control of the grantees.
- The project duration, including completion of the final report and all miscellaneous project activities, shall not exceed three (3) years. The proposed project schedule must be realistic, allowing sufficient time for the preparation of final report and for the review of project results.
- All rights, title to or interest in all intellectual property arising from the project (Foreground IP) shall vest in the Host Institution and project team in a manner that is mutually agreed among the Host Institution and the project team and as documented in the Research Collaboration Agreement, which shall be entered into by the Host Institution and the project team before the research commences.
- The Host Institution and the project team shall provide the Singapore Government and public sector agencies with a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right and licence to use, modify, reproduce and distribute the Foreground IP for non-commercial, RD&D and/or educational purposes only. The Host Institution shall promptly inform the EDGE Programme Office in writing of any applications filed for the registration of Foreground IP.
- Projects must include a test-bedding phase or at a location site that is jointly agreed by Principal Investigator (PI) and SIT, and eventually facilitate capability development and translated to SIT’s Punggol Campus micro-grid, a national infrastructure open to industry and academic partners for test-bedding and validation of solutions. Projects should involve SIT’s Faculties as Co-Investigators (Co-Is) / Collaborators.
For more information, visit https://www.singaporetech.edu.sg/research/grant-call/exploiting-distributed-generation-edge-programme