[SINGAPORE] PacificLight Power announced on Thursday (Oct 23) that it has appointed a consortium comprising Jurong Engineering Limited (JEL) and Mitsubishi Power to build its S$1 billion hydrogen-ready power plant.
The power generation and electricity retail company was awarded the right to build, own and operate the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) on Jurong Island by the Energy Market Authority in January.
The plant is expected to have a capacity of 670 megawatts – enough to power 965,000 four-room flats – and is estimated to cost about S$1 billion.
Set to open in 2029, it will be able to run on 30 per cent hydrogen, with the possibility of a full transition to hydrogen power in the future. It will also be the first CCGT unit in Singapore that is integrated with a large-scale battery energy storage system, enabling dynamic energy management to align electricity supply with grid demand.
“This project represents a significant leap forward in PacificLight’s decarbonisation journey and our commitment to powering Singapore with cleaner, more resilient energy,” said PacificLight Power CEO Yu Tat Ming.
Singapore launched a National Hydrogren Strategy in 2022 that said that hydrogen could supply up to half of the country’s power needs by that 2050. Part of the strategy was a plan for at least four hydrogen-ready power plants to be built by 2030.
The new PacificLight CCGT power plant will use Mitsubishi Power’s M701JAC gas turbine with hydrogen co-firing potential. The turbine is “recognised as the world’s most efficient large-frame gas turbine model”, said a joint press release.
PacificLight is owned by shareholders of Hong Kong-based investment holding company First Pacific Group, and Meralco PowerGen Corporation, the power-generation arm of the Philippines’ Manila Electric Company.
It also currently operates an 830 megawatt CCGT facility and a 100-megawatt fast -tart ancillary services facility on Jurong Island.
