Posted on 26 Oct 2023
Singapore’s gas utility provider City Energy and Malaysian clean energy solutions provider Gentari have inked an agreement to explore building a pipeline to import hydrogen from Malaysia to Singapore.
The two companies have signed a joint feasibility study agreement to conduct a 12-month-long study, following which the two will jointly decide on a potential front-end engineering design (FEED) agreement. The study builds on an MOU the duo signed in April 2023, Kallanish learns from a joint statement from the firms.
Last year, Singapore released its National Hydrogen Strategy, which highlighted low-carbon hydrogen’s central role in helping the country reach its net zero targets by 2050. Similarly, Malaysia is building bilateral agreements with key importing countries to develop a low-carbon hydrogen value chain, in line with its recently launched Hydrogen Economy and Technology Roadmap.
“This joint feasibility study with Gentari underscores our commitment to providing sustainable energy to households and businesses for generations to come and to supporting Singapore’s efforts to reduce emissions and address climate change,” says Perry Ong, ceo of City Energy.
Already, hydrogen is the largest component in City Energy’s town gas produced at its Senoko Gasworks plant in northern Singapore. Pipelines established as a result of its partnership with Gentari would supply hydrogen to the plant, the company said.
Gentari plans to produce up to 1.2 million tonnes/year of clean hydrogen. “This collaboration with City Energy is a strategic step for Gentari towards accelerating the adoption of clean hydrogen as a viable energy source for customers in Asia Pacific and further afield,” adds Michèle Azalbert, Gentari’s chief hydrogen officer.
Early this year, Gentari partnered with Singapore-based energy solutions provider Sembcorp Industries to study low-carbon hydrogen solutions in Southeast Asia (see related story).
Source:Kallanish
