City Energy, Gentari to study feasibility of hydrogen pipeline from Malaysia to Singapore (updated)
24/10/2023 09:07
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Singapore's City Energy
and Malaysian renewable energy firm Gentari have signed an
agreement to study the feasibility of building a hydrogen
pipeline from Malaysia to Singapore, the companies said on
Tuesday.
City Energy and Gentari said the study will be conducted
over a period of 12 months, after which both companies will
determine the way forward in executing an engineering design
agreement.
Any pipeline that will be built will supply hydrogen to
City Energy's Senoko Gasworks plant in northern Singapore, the
companies said in a joint statement.
City Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel
Infrastructure Trust, is Singapore's sole producer and provider
of piped town gas. Gentari is owned by Malaysian state-run
energy giant Petronas.
Singapore has been importing natural gas from Malaysia
since 1991, through a 2,623-kilometre (1,630 miles) long
pipeline owned and operated by Gentari's sister company,
Petronas Gas Berhad.
Both Singapore and Malaysia have set targets to achieve
net zero emissions by 2050, with hydrogen seen as a key
alternative in transitioning to clean energy sources for both
countries.
(Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi and Danial Azhar; Editing by
Kanupriya Kapoor)
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