A number of industry partners have joined forces with Keppel Corporation to jointly explore the development of a liquefied hydrogen supply infrastructure for the company’s data centres in Singapore.

Keppel Data Centres Holdings Pte Ltd, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd, Linde Gas Singapore Pte Ltd, Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd and Vopak LNG Holding BV have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore the concept.

Under this MoU, the five industry partners will jointly study the technical and commercial viability of a LH2 supply chain, including the feasibility of having a production and liquefaction plant and export terminal at the exporting country, transportation via ocean-going tankers, as well as an import terminal, storage units and regasification facilities in Singapore.

The study is expected to continue till the end of 2021. At that juncture, the partners will decide on the next phase of their collaboration.

Mr Wong Wai Meng, CEO of Keppel Data Centres, said: “In line with Keppel’s Vision 2030, which puts sustainability at the heart of the group’s strategy, Keppel Data Centres is working hard to decarbonise our operations.

“We are actively tapping the capabilities of the Keppel Group as well as working with industry partners to explore a range of green solutions such as hydrogen, floating data centres and CCUS (carbon capture, utilisation and sequestration) technologies. With this MoU, we take another step in our journey to use sustainable energy sources for power generation.”

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18th May 2021