EMA issues grant call to study site-specific carbon capture and storage

The grant call will study two power sector CCS pathways.

Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) has issued a grant call to select power generation companies and industries partners to co-fund and look into site-specific carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility studies for the power sector. 

The grant call will study post- combustion carbon capture for combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGTs) which refers to the installation of an onsite carbon dioxide (CO2) capture unit to capture CO2 from waste gas produced during the combustion of natural gas in CCGTs.

It will also look into pre- combustion carbon capture to produce hydrogen (H2) for power generation which refers to the installation of an onsite CO2 capture unit to capture CO2 generated during the production of H2 from natural gas. The H2 would then be combusted in CCGTs to generate power.

Through the grant call, EMA and the power generation companies can deepen their understanding of power sector CCS pathways. If proven, this technology will allow Singapore to use its existing natural gas infrastructure to achieve its decarbonisation goals, the authority said.

To be eligible for the grant call, participants should be operating or bidding to operate an H-class CCGT on Jurong Island or Tuas by 2035. They must have completed a pre-feasibility study for either the post-combustion carbon capture or pre-combustion carbon capture pathway.

Participants’ proposals will be evaluated based on the amount of additional land required, the quality of the proposal, and the funding requested from EMA.

The deadline for proposals is on 31 January 2025.