TOKYO, July 1 (Reuters) - JERA, Japan's top power generator, on Wednesday said it has set up a new unit in Singapore to integrate strategy planning, procurement and investments across its liquefied natural gas and low-carbon fuel value chains amid volatile global markets.

The Singapore-based company, JERA Global Energy Solutions (GES), will serve as JERA's exclusive platform for long-term LNG origination, as the firm seeks to build a more integrated and flexible LNG business, JERA said in a statement.

Here are more details from JERA:

• JERA GES will develop a stable and diversified long-term LNG portfolio while advancing lower-carbon fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen.

• It will work alongside JERA's trading arm, JERA Global Markets (JERAGM), which will continue to handle trading and short-term LNG procurement contracts of less than five years.

• Irtiza Sayyed has been appointed chief executive of JERA GES. Sayyed joined JERA in April after holding a range of global management roles at Exxon Mobil XOM.N for about 20 years.

• Ryosuke Tsugaru, JERA's chief low-carbon fuel officer, will provide strategic direction from JERA's headquarters and ensure close alignment with the company's broader LNG and lower-carbon fuels strategy.

• A total of 13 employees, including Sayyed, began operations on Wednesday, with a few more staff to be seconded from headquarters in the near future, a company spokesperson said.

• JERA, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power 9501.T and Chubu Electric Power 9502.T, is Japan's largest LNG buyer, handling about 35 million to 40 million metric tons of the super-chilled fuel a year.