PacificLight to build 600 MW hydrogen-ready CCGT plant in Singapore

Operation will commence in January 2029.

Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) has awarded the right to build, own, and operate a 600 megawatt (MW) hydrogen-ready Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) facility on Jurong Island to PacificLight Power Pte Ltd (PLP).

In a statement, PLP said the plant, set to commence operation in January 2029, will be the “largest single, and most efficient, state-of-the-art H-class, CCGT in Singapore.” It will be built on a greenfield site, and will include a large-scale battery energy storage system, a first in the city-state.

The 600 MW plant will initially use at least 30% hydrogen then transition to 100% hydrogen in the future.

PLP said the site on Jurong Island can still accommodate a second CCGT unit as well as possibly a Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) technology.

The plant will be in addition to PLP’s existing 830 MW CCGT facility, and 100 MW of Fast Start capacity, which is currently under construction and due to commence operations in the second quarter of  2025.

“By integrating hydrogen-ready and battery storage technologies, the new facility will position PacificLight to transition to a low-carbon future.  We are committed to delivering the new plant safely and on schedule,” said PLP CEO Yu Tat Ming.