Lawrence Wong, the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, announced on the 25th of October that the city-state will be investing heavily in hydrogen as a major energy source that will cover for up to half the country’s power needs by 2050. The sovereign island country, which spans 733.1 km2, used, before the pandemic, 70% oil and 26.5% natural gas in its energy mix with the other 3.5% or so of its power coming mostly from biofuels, waste and coal including a remarkably low 0.1% from renewables like solar. The first step in this grand plan is for the Ministry of Trade and Industry to launch an expression of interest for a small-scale commercial project on using low-carbon ammonia for power…