They were chosen from six participants.

Singapore's Energy Market Authority and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore have selected two consortia that will advance to the next round of evaluation for the development of an ammonia power generation and bunkering project on Jurong Island.

In a statement, authorities said the two consortium leads are Keppel's Infrastructure Division and Sembcorp-SLNG, and the bunkering players in these consortia are Itochu Corporation, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) and Sumitomo Corporation. They were selected from a total of six participants that were shortlisted in 2023 to join a restricted request for proposal following an expression of interest launched in 2022.

The bidders will proceed to conduct engineering, safety, and emergency response studies for the proposed project. One of the organisations will then be selected as the lead developer for the development of the end-to-end ammonia solution, which will cover generating 55 to 65 megawatts of electricity from imported low- or zero-carbon ammonia via direct combustion in a combined cycle gas turbine, and facilitating ammonia bunkering at a capacity of at least 0.1 million tons per annum, starting with shore-to-ship bunkering followed by ship-to-ship bunkering.

Singapore eyes announcing the lead developer by the first quarter of 2025.

The Jurong Island project is part of Singapore's National Hydrogen Strategy launched in 2022, which outlines the city-state's approach to decarbonise using low-carbon hydrogen to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Once operational, the project will make Singapore one of the first in the world to deploy a direct ammonia combustion power plant and support the development of ammonia bunkering for international shipping.