PacificLight breaks ground on Singapore gas plant with storage
Telborg
· September 28, 2026
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PacificLight has announced the groundbreaking of a new 670MW hydrogen-ready power plant on Jurong Island, Singapore, with integrated battery storage and commercial operation targeted for 2029.
- Main announcement: PLM Power Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of PacificLight Power Pte Ltd, broke ground on a S$1.2 billion plant that will be Singapore’s first to pair a gas turbine with large-scale battery storage.
- Project details: The facility is slated to be Singapore’s largest and most efficient single generating unit at start-up, capable of co-firing with hydrogen up to 30% by volume initially and transitioning to 100% hydrogen in the future; the EPC consortium is Mitsubishi Power and Jurong Engineering Limited.
- Background: The article also references prior PacificLight announcements from 2025 and 2024 on the same project, plus earlier related renewable and efficiency projects; it is a company newsroom release rather than a transcript or opinion piece.