Senoko Energy and Petronas’ Gentari ink MOU to explore importing hydrogen gas from Malaysia to Singapore

SENOKO Energy signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Gentari, the renewable energy arm of Malaysia’s Petronas, to explore sustainable energy solutions in Singapore using hydrogen gas. 

Both companies will explore the feasibility of importing hydrogen gas from Malaysia to Singapore through this collaboration, said Senoko on Wednesday (Oct 23). 

The energy company added that there are plans to integrate hydrogen gas into its existing and new combined cycle gas turbine assets to improve their efficiency and environmental performance. 

The first phase of the collaboration will aim to explore reducing carbon emissions by 18,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tco2e) annually, which is equivalent to the effect of taking about 4,000 cars off the roads, said Senoko.  

Subsequent phases could see this number potentially being scaled up to 535,000 tco2e,  which is similar to taking about 119,000 cars off the road. 

Gentari will supply the hydrogen gas through a 20-year supply agreement which is expected to commence by 2029.

Senoko said that the collaboration is part of its efforts to support Singapore’s plans for a low-carbon future. 

The energy company had in June 2023 signed an MOU with Keppel Infrastructure Trust’s unit City Energy to study the commercial feasibility of importing hydrogen between both companies’ facilities. 

In November 2023, it also launched Singapore’s first peer-to-peer trading platform that lets solar panel owners sell their surplus solar-generated electricity at prices set by themselves. 

Gentari is collaborating with Malaysia’s state-owned power company Tenaga Nasional to conduct feasibility studies on green hydrogen development and is also jointly developing a hydrogen production hub in Sarawak with the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation.