Singapore's Energy Market Authority has granted PacificLight Power (PLP) the rights to build, own, and operate a 600MW hydrogen-ready combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island. The new facility, expected to commence operations in January 2019, will work alongside PLP’s existing 830MW CCGT and 100MW of fast-start capacity. The plant is designed to incorporate at least 30% hydrogen initially, with plans to transition to 100% hydrogen in the future. Additionally, the site will feature a large-scale battery energy storage system and could potentially accommodate a second CCGT unit and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology. The CEO of PLP, Yu Tat Ming, highlighted that by integrating hydrogen-ready and battery storage technologies, the plant will facilitate PacificLight's transition to a low-carbon future. The move towards hydrogen in power generation aligns with Singapore's National Hydrogen Strategy, aiming for low-carbon hydrogen to fulfill half of the nation's power requirements by 2050. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that global hydrogen and ammonia installed power capacity reached approximately 330MW by the end of 2023. The APAC region led in capacity, with North America and Europe following. Looking ahead, the IEA estimates that if all proposed hydrogen power generation projects come to fruition, capacity could reach 7.1GW by 2030.