Singapore’s new Western island offers real opportunity to create ‘next-generation energy hub’: analysts

[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s new Western island – to be formed from the merger of several islands – could house infrastructure for next-generation clean-power solutions, industry players said.

These could include green hydrogen or – if the Republic decides to proceed with it – advanced nuclear energy.

The Western island will be created by merging Semakau, which houses Singapore’s offshore landfill; Bukom, where its first refinery still operates; and Pulau Sudong, which has an airstrip that the Singapore Armed Forces uses during emergencies. It also consists of several smaller islands.