Singapore Plans Hydrogen-Ready Gas Turbines to Meet Rising Energy Demand by 2031

SINGAPORE, April 29 - Singapore's Energy Market Authority has called for proposals to build hydrogen-ready combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) generating units to be operational in 2031 and 2032, the agency said in a press release on Wednesday.

Under the proposal request, the private sector will build, own, and operate the CCGT units, with one to be ready by 2031 and up to two others by 2032.

Each unit is expected to provide at least 600 megawatts of generation capacity, it said.

In 2031, the agency projects Singapore's peak energy demand at between 9.6 gigawatts and 11.4 gigawatts.

Earlier this month, Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam said that Singapore depended on imported natural gas to generate 95 per cent of its electricity needs, of which 9 per cent was expected this year to have been imported from Qatar.

He said Singapore had not drawn on its reserves, which consist of natural gas and diesel, and that it was considering increasing them even though it would be costly. - Reuters