Japan’s largest power generation company JERA has announced its plans to make massive investments in the ammonia (NH3) and hydrogen fuel supply. The company is looking at an investment between $6.4 billion to $12.8 billion into the production of both blue and green H2 and NH3.
JERA stated that both ammonia and hydrogen fuel supply are critical for decarbonization in Japan.
As Japan does not have enough land available to set up vast systems of solar or wind energy and the fact that both energy sources are naturally intermittent, the company claims that H2 and NH3 will play a vital role in meeting the country’s clean energy needs.
JERA announced that it aims to boost the hydrogen and ammonia supply chain to produce about 7 million metric tons of H2 by 2035.
The company also aims to export the H2 and NH3 energy sources to Singapore and Germany for profitability as both nations are interested in building hydrogen economies but can meet their needs only through imports. JERA will also be co-firing 40% H2 at its US gas-fired power plants in Linden, New Jersey.