Japan’s biggest electricity generator is ramping up the schedule for co-firing one of its coal power plants with ammonia as the country’s utilities bet on the technology to cut carbon emissions.
Jera Co and IHI Corp plan to start a demonstration project to co-fire a unit at its Hekinan Thermal Power Station with 20 percent fuel ammonia by the year ending March 2024, advancing the schedule by a year, Jera said in a news release.
The companies accelerated the demonstration project because they have installed burners, tanks, pipes and other equipment faster than they expected.
The move comes as Japanese utilities eye ammonia
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Japan’s largest power generation company JERA said it plans to issue international tenders to buy up to 500,000 mt/year of fuel ammonia from long-term contracts starting in fiscal year 2027-28 (April-March). JERA said it has sent a request for proposals describing bidding conditions to more than 30 companies for the FOB-based long-term supply over FY .
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