KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas new energy arm Gentari Sdn Bhd and City Energy Pte Ltd, Singapore's sole piped town gas producer, have signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) to jointly conduct feasibility studies of a hydrogen supply chain from Malaysia to Singapore.
Both companies will also collaborate on allowing customers to access their electric vehicle (EV) charging network to ensure EV drivers the access to a seamless cross-border charging experience across Malaysia and Singapore.
City Energy and Gentari are set to utilise each other's strengths, expertise and resources under the partnership to explore hydrogen-related opportunities.
In a joint statement, the companies said the collaboration also enabled City Energy to explore alternate sources of hydrogen in order to reinforce its decarbonisation efforts, to support Singapore's international climate climate commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
City Energy chief executive officer Perry Ong said the partnership was a major milestone for it.
"As City Energy is the sole piped town gas provider for more than 880,000 homes and businesses, City Energy is well placed to establish a hydrogen supply for the future production of our town gas.
"Hydrogen is the largest component in town gas produced at City Energy's Senoko Gasworks plant, making City Energy one of the largest last-mile carriers of hydrogen in Singapore," he said.
Gentari aims to produce up to 1.2 million tonnes per annum of clean hydrogen to address increasing demand of clean energy.
"The collaboration with City Energy will accelerate the adoption of clean hydrogen as an energy source and signifies commitment towards providing clean hydrogen from Malaysia to Singapore," it said.
On ensuring accessibility to EV chargers, the second MoU sees both companies work together to deploy EV chargers for public use on each other's EV networks through 'Go' by City Energy.
The partnership is set to deepen and expand the understanding of the EV market and behaviour of EV users in Singapore and Malaysia as well as to identify best practices for mobile roaming applications in both countries.
"This collaboration between Go and Gentari will accelerate the pace of charger deployments by both parties through co-deployment arrangements. Both parties will work on expanding their EV charging networks, allowing EV drivers in both Singapore and Malaysia connectivity and convenience," Ong said.
Gentari is the second Malaysian company City Energy is collaborating with for EV charging.