On July 7, 2023, Kiko Network released “Position paper on fuel ammonia: Japan’s “Zero Emissions” thermal power will extend the life of coal and accelerate climate change”.
Last December, the “GX (Green Transformation) Basic Policy,” the framework for Japan’s energy policy, was announced. In this policy, co-firing of hydrogen and ammonia in thermal power generation was included as a decarbonization initiative. The policy calls for the development of thermal power generation that mixes hydrogen and ammonia with thermal power generation (co-firing) or that uses only hydrogen as fuel (single fuel firing), thereby reducing CO2 emissions during power generation. This is an attempt to realize “zero emission thermal power” that not emit CO2 furing power generation in the future, with investing huge amount of money in unproven technology.
This position paper presents summary how the use of fuel ammonia, including these technical issues, came to be in the limelight and what Japan should do in the future.
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Current status of coal-fired power generation and fuel ammonia –atus of coal-fired power generation and fuel ammonia
(1) Current status of coal-fired power generation
(2) Current status of ammonia co-firing
(3) Status of CO2 emissions from the production and use of ammonia
(4) Status of co-firing and 100% firing with ammonia
2. A system to promote ammonia and keep coal power alive
(1) Background
(2) Background to METI advisory council discussions on fuel ammonia co-firing with coal
(3) Strengthening the regulatory framework
(4) Capacity market: Maintaining coal and promoting co-firing with non-fossil
energy
(5) Ammonia utilization in NEDO and JOGMEC power generation projects
(6) METI budgets, funding and financing
3. Recommendations going forward
References
POSITION PAPER
Position paper on fuel ammonia
Japan’s “Zero Emissions” thermal power will extend the life of coal and accelerate climate change (Link)
RELATED INFO.
Kiko Network: 【Position Paper】Position paper on fuel ammonia: Japan’s “Zero Emissions” thermal power will extend the life of coal and accelerate climate change (Link)
Written/Published by: Kiko Network
Published: July 7, 2023