Jera seeks long-term clean ammonia supply
Japanese firm contacts more than 30 potential suppliers as co-firing trials at Hekinan power plant progress
Japanese energy company Jera is testing the international market for clean ammonia with a call for long-term supplies to co-fuel part of Japan’s largest coal-fired power plant at Hekinan on the Chita peninsula. Jera, a joint venture between Japanese utilities Tokyo Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power, is trialling co-firing at the plant and aims to switch 20pc of the fuel at the station’s 1GW Unit 4 to ammonia by the late 2020s. “Given the steady progress of this demonstration project, Jera has decided to consider fuel ammonia suppliers in parallel and to conduct an international competitive bid,” the company says. Jera has approached more than 30 companies with a request for interest in
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