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Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) has opened a call for proposals for three new hydrogen-ready gas power plants to be online by 2032, in a bid to meet the country’s growing electricity demand.
The main energy regulator under Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, EMA plans for one new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) unit to be online by 2031, and an additional two by 2032, representing 1.8GW of capacity.
Adding 600MW in generation capacity per unit, they could make for an operational fleet of 11 by 2032. EMA said this could address rising energy demand, which it forecasts reaching up to 11.4GW by 2031.
Prospect suppliers – who would build, own, and operate the units – must submit an online proposal for the adoption of their systems by 24 June.
CCGTs generate electricity by burning fuel in a gas turbine and using the exhaust heat to power a steam turbine.
While typically fuelled by natural gas, hydrogen-ready systems are engineered to accommodate hydrogen’s faster, hotter combustion through specialised burners and control systems.
Singapore’s 2022 National Hydrogen Strategy claims that low-carbon hydrogen could meet half of the nation’s power needs by 2050.
It saw four CCGTs completed in 2025, and PacificLight Power to build one of the units, expected to come online in 2029.
The Asia-Pacific region is increasingly looking at hydrogen and derivatives to decarbonise its energy production, with other countries like South Korea and Japan tendering for assets fuelled by ammonia and hydrogen.
Germany too is expected to launch tenders for hydrogen-ready power plants this year.
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