The government had commissioned a study in 2019 to assess the technical and economic feasibility of importing and using hydrogen in Singapore and also outlined our national strategy in 2022 to develop hydrogen as a major decarbonisation pathway. This is to support Singapore’s international climate commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Hydrogen has the potential to diversify Singapore's fuel mix towards low-carbon options for electricity generation by bringing in hydrogen produced from renewable sources or from sources with carbon capture. Low-carbon hydrogen may also be used in some industrial processes as a feedstock and as a fuel in heavy transportation.

Depending on technological developments and the development of other energy sources, hydrogen could supply up to half of our power needs by 2050. However, global and diverse supply chains have yet to be established and Singapore will need to explore feasible options to import cost-competitive low-carbon hydrogen. An Expression of Interest was launched in December 2022 to assess the feasibility of developing an end-to-end solution for the use of low or zero-carbon fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia, for power generation and bunkering solutions.

Read on for more information on our efforts to tap on hydrogen for electricity generation.