An ammonia tank at Hekinan thermal power plant
Jera picks Yara and CF as potential ammonia suppliers
The Japanese energy firm has selected possible providers of low-carbon ammonia for co-firing at its Hekinan thermal power plant
Japanese energy firm Jera has chosen chemicals giants Yara and CF Industries as potential suppliers for its planned coal-ammonia co-firing unit at its Hekinan thermal power plant. Jera opened a call in February for low-carbon ammonia suppliers for Hekinan’s Unit 4, which will require 500,000t/yr of the fuel for co-firing at a 20/80 ratio with coal from 2027. The firm had concluded a co-firing pilot test in 2022 and plans to begin a further large-volume demonstration project at Hekinan from the end of 2023 to the beginning of 2024. Jera specifies that ammonia provided for co-firing must be produced with 60pc lower carbon emissions than conventionally produced ammonia. Under a memorandum of un
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