Ammonia
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【News】Japan continues pushing ammonia, not so-called “decarbonized fuel”
Japan is steadily putting systems in place for the use of ammonia fuel both domestically and internationally. Here we explain problems with ammonia co-firing.
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【News】JERA begins demonstration test of 20% ammonia co-firing at Hekinan Thermal Power Station
JERA, Japan’s largest thermal power generation company, started a demonstration test of 20% ammonia co-firing at its Hekinan Unit 4 on April 1.
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【Report】Kiko Network releases position paper on fuel ammonia
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”.
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【Report】CREA: Air quality implications of coal-ammonia co-firing
CREA published its report “Air quality implications of coal-ammonia co-firing”, which shows the impacts of coal-ammonia co-firing at Japan’s Hekinan Thermal Power Station Unit 4.
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【News】Does the rest of the world really approve of Japan’s hydrogen/ammonia strategy?
The G7 Environment Ministers’ Meeting, co-chaired by Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Yasutoshi Nishimura and Environment Minister Akihiro Minister Nishimura, highlighted the gap between Japan’s views and those of the G6.
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【News】Transition Zero Warns Against Ammonia Co-firing in Japan
Transition Zero’s “Japan’s toxic narrative on ammonia” illustrates how ammonia co-firing with coal in Asian countries is a massive waste of capital and could have a negative impact on climate change.
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【Report】 E3G releases “Challenging Japan’s promotion of ammonia co-firing for coal power generation”
Global think tank E3G released “Challenging Japan’s promotion of ammonia co-firing for coal power generation”, which highlights the problems of fuel ammonia.
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【News】Hydrogen/Ammonia, CCS/CCUS related information
JBC provides a list of reports and papers on the technologies related to Japan’s decarbonization strategy.
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【Report】”Japan’s Costly Ammonia Coal Co-Firing Strategy”: BloombergNEF Analysis Report
On September 28, 2022, BloombergNEF released the report “Japan’s Costly Ammonia Coal Co-Firing Strategy,” an analysis examining the economic feasibility and implications of Japan’s plans to co-fire ammonia and coal in its transition to a zero-emission society by 2050.
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【Report】IRENA releases series of reports analyzing global hydrogen trade
In July 2022, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released a series of reports that examine the global hydrogen trade’s potential to meet the 1.5 climate goal.
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【Report】Getting Lost on the Road to Decarbonization: Japan’s Big Plans for Ammonia
Climate Integrate has released the report “Getting Lost on the Road to Decarbonization: Japan’s Big Plans for Ammonia”. This report takes a close look at the possibilities and challenges of using ammonia in coal power generation.
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【Report】”Hydrogen and ammonia co-firing in the power sector”
On October 27, Kiko Network released the position paper “Hydrogen and ammonia co-firing in the power sector”, which points out problems with the utilization of hydrogen and ammonia as fuels for thermal power generation.
