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being named in big corruption complaints a 10-year sale and purchase agreement with COAL
themselves involving the country’s power the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG)
sector, where at least one-third of power producer Qatar Petroleum on Monday. Vietnam’s thermal coal
companies are involved in Chinese projects The agreement will see Qatar Petroleum
under the CPEC’s umbrella. supply up to 1.8mn tonnes of LNG per year imports seen resilient
The 278-page inquiry report, compiled to Singapore from 2023, the Straits Times
by the Securities and Exchange Commission reported Vietnam’s seaborne thermal coal traders
of Pakistan (SECP) and presented to Khan Each LNG cargo delivered under this are optimistic the country’s fossil fuel
in April, unearthed alleged irregularities agreement will be accompanied by a statement consumption will continue to rise through
worth over $1.8bn in subsidies given to of the associated greenhouse gas emissions 2021 amid burgeoning demand for electricity
16 independent power producers (IPPs) with the shipment. production at the lowest cost, despite the
including those belonging to Khan’s advisors This partnership not only bolsters funding and regulatory challenges that loom
Razak Dawood and Nadeem Baber. Singapore’s LNG supply, but also contributes for new coal-fired power plants, market
to the development of more sustainable sources said Nov. 6.
natural gas strategies. A new law on public-private partnerships
Global demand for LNG has accelerated that comes into effect in 2021 creates new
GAS-FIRED GENERATION in recent years, with natural gas viewed as hurdles for foreign coal investors that fail to
the cleanest form of fossil fuel for energy conclude build-operate-transfer contracts
GE wins gas turbine supply production. In 2018, Singapore’s natural gas and government guarantee and undertaking
consumption was about the equivalent of
agreements before the end of 2020, according
order from Guangdong ninemn tonnes of LNG a year. to analyst Thu Vu from the Institute for
Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, or
Singapore’s LNG terminal, which has four
Energy Group tanks, has regasification capacity of about IEEFA.
11mn tonnes per annum.
Four of the 15 coal power projects
GE has secured a gas turbine supply contract The agreement between Pavilion Energy currently in the pipeline in Vietnam — Nam
from state-owned power utility firm and Qatar Petroleum is the result of a tender Dinh 1, Vung Ang 2, Vinh Tan 3 and Song
Guangdong Energy Group for the Dongguan launched by Pavilion Energy earlier this year, Hau 2 — have yet to reach the commissioning
Ningzhou combined-cycle power plant in seeking not just LNG supply but also ideas phase, and with their contractual agreements
China’s Greater Bay Area. for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions still pending official sign-off, they could be
According to the contract, GE will supply as well as quantification and reporting at risk of being called off due to the new law,
three of its 9HA.02 heavy-duty gas turbines methodology for LNG through its journey according to Vu.
for the power plant in Guangdong province. from the well to discharge port. However, a trader in Indonesia said
GE Gas Power China president Yang Dan The company’s chairman Mohd Hassan that while Vietnam’s coal-fired power plant
said: “The Dongguan Ningzhou power plant Marican said that the agreement with projects may be delayed by the new law, they
is expected to become one of the largest Qatar Petroleum not only represents the would eventually take off.
gas plants in mainland China and plays a company’s ability to supply LNG reliably and “Developing countries that are growing at
significant role in promoting the world’s competitively to Singapore, but is also a bold a fast pace will need cheaper power, which can
lower-carbon and sustainable development. step towards energy transition. only be obtained from thermal coal today,” he
“GE’s H-Class Combined Cycle Power Pavilion Energy is currently one of two said. “Restrictions on funding and timelines
Plant has unmatched efficiency available at LNG term importers in Singapore, alongside might also be eased if power prices are
>64% net combined cycle efficiency, higher oil giant Shell. anticipated to tick higher,” he added.
than any other OEM or competing technology “This partnership will strengthen our core A coal producer in Indonesia noted that it
today. Singapore market and our role as a global was already not easy to conclude thermal coal
“In addition, our HA turbines being fuel energy trader,” Marican said. trades to Vietnam unless it involved a strategic
flexible, have the capability to transition from
gas to hydrogen, paving the way to a more
decarbonised world.”
Upon the installation of the new gas
turbines, the Dongguan Ningzhou power
plant will add 2.4GW of electricity, which
will be sufficient to power more than fourmn
homes in China.

Singapore’s Pavilion Energy

signs LNG deal with Qatar
Petroleum

Singapore is continuing its push towards
cleaner and more sustainable energy sources,
with Temasek-owned Pavilion Energy signing

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