Singapore shortlists consortia for NH3 power, bunkering

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Energy Market Authority (EMA) selected two consortia, with one of them likely to lead the project to develop ammonia as a low or zero-carbon solution for power generation and bunkering in the island nation.

MPA and EMA selected the two consortia from a total of [six firms that were shortlisted in 2023]https://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2501511), after a request for proposal (RFP) was launched. The final selection from the chosen two will be made in the first quarter of 2025.

This project, which is part of Singapore's national hydrogen strategy, is looking at developing end-to-end ammonia solution that can generate 55-65MW of electricity via direct combustion in combined cycle gas turbines. Low- to zero-carbon ammonia would be imported and used for this purpose.

The project is aiming for 100,000 t/yr of ammonia bunkering, starting with shore-to-ship bunkering followed by ship-to-ship bunkering.

The two consortium leads are Singaporean conglomerate Keppel's arm Keppel Infrastructure, as well as Singaporean-based Sembcorp-SLNG. The consortia also include the following bunkering participants - Japan's shipping firm NYK Line, as well as Japanese trading firms Sumitomo and Itochu.

By Mahua Chakravarty