The Energy Market Authority (EMA) of Singapore on January 3 announced the awarding of a contract to electricity generator PacificLight Power to build a hydrogen-compatible natural gas power plant on Jurong island.
PacificLight Power said the project, costing around 1 billion USD, will be the largest single and most efficient combined cycle gas turbine facility in Singapore.
It will have a capacity of at least 600MW, which is enough to power more than 864,000 four-room flats for a year. When it begins operations, it can burn at least 30% hydrogen – a cleaner fuel – with natural gas making up the rest, to generate electricity.
In the future, the plant will be able to burn 100% hydrogen, as the power sector works towards net-zero carbon emissions.
Singapore plans to have at least nine hydrogen-ready power plants by 2030.
(VNA)
