Yara Clear Ammonia (YCA) indicators Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Japanese firm JERA Co. Inc. to decarbonize coalfired powerplant and develop blue ammonia manufacturing within the US Gulf.

OSLO, Norway, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Yara Clear Ammonia has been efficiently nominated as a possible provider in JERA’s tender to provide as much as 500 kilotons (kt) of fresh ammonia to the Hekinan Thermal Energy Plant Unit 4. That is JERA’s first business scale co-firing mission.

“I am more than happy that Yara and JERA are signing a MOU for the joint mission improvement, gross sales, and buy of fresh ammonia. Yara has the capability to supply and ship clear ammonia everywhere in the world and we’re a dependable, protected, and long-term provider. We’re extremely dedicated to this partnership and look ahead to becoming a member of forces with JERA to drive the transformation to a net-zero world,” says CEO of Yara Worldwide, Mr. Svein Tore Holsether.

The 2 corporations additionally plan to collaborate on blue ammonia manufacturing within the US Gulf and to supply greater than 1 million metric tons every year (mtpa).

“I am blissful to see that we have developed an in depth relationship with JERA since our first MOU in Could 2021. Our collaboration has developed deeply, and I’m proud that Yara Clear Ammonia has been chosen because the dependable provider to JERA’s first world scale co-firing mission in Hekinan, Japan. Each corporations are dedicated to scaling up clear power sources and we’re trying ahead to companion with JERA in growing blue ammonia manufacturing within the US Gulf,” says President of Yara Clear Ammonia, Mr. Magnus Krogh Ankarstrand.

Within the MOU, Yara Clear Ammonia and JERA have agreed to collectively examine the viability to collaborate within the following areas:

• The gross sales and buy of fresh ammonia for the 20% co-firing operations at Hekinan Thermal Energy Plant Unit 4, which is focused to begin in 2027. The required quantity is predicted to be as much as 500,000 mtpa.

• The joint improvement of a 1 million plus mtpa blue ammonia mission which YCA is contemplating growing within the US Gulf Coast.

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“We’re happy to work along with Yara on this vital journey in direction of decarbonizing the business, and I’m assured that Yara will take an essential position in establishing a brand new clear gas ammonia worth chain which JERA seeks, by its expertise within the operation all through the ammonia provide chain from the manufacturing to transportation and storage within the current market. JERA will proceed its personal efforts in addition to to take palms with our companions in pursuit of our endeavour to appreciate and speed up not solely the decarbonization of the Japanese power business but additionally to resolve the energy-related points that the world is dealing with,” says Company Vice President in JERA, Mr. Yukio Kani.

About Yara Clear Ammonia

Yara grows information to responsibly feed the world and shield the planet. Yara Clear Ammonia is uniquely positioned to allow the hydrogen financial system in a market anticipated to develop considerably over the subsequent many years. We purpose at considerably strengthening our main international place because the world’s largest ammonia distributor, unlocking the inexperienced and blue worth chains, and driving the event of fresh ammonia globally.

Constructing on Yara’s main expertise inside international ammonia manufacturing, logistics and commerce, Yara Clear Ammonia works in direction of capturing progress alternatives in low-emission gas for transport and energy, carbon-free meals pro-duction and ammonia for industrial functions.

Yara Clear Ammonia operates the biggest international ammonia community with 12 ships and has entry to 18 ammonia terminals and a number of ammonia manufacturing and consumption websites internationally, by Yara. Revenues and EBITDA for the final 12 months had been USD 4,111 million and USD 198 million respectively as per Q3 2022. Yara Clear Ammonia is headquartered in Oslo, Norway

For extra particulars: www.yaracleanammonia.com

About JERA

Established in 2015, JERA is an equal three way partnership of two main Japanese electrical energy corporations, TEPCO Gasoline & Energy Included and Chubu Electrical Energy Firm and produces about 30% of all electrical energy in Japan. JERA is an power firm with international attain that has power in the complete power provide chain, from participation in LNG upstream initiatives and gas procurement, by gas transportation to energy era. JERA, which stands for Japan’s Power for a New Period, will tackle the problem of attaining internet zero CO2 emissions from its home and abroad companies by 2050 and is supporting an power transition in an environmentally and socially accountable method.

For extra particulars: https://www.jera.co.jp/english/

Media contacts:

Hilde Steinfeld
Communications Director, Yara Clear Ammonia
Cell: +47 99 35 30 30
E-mail: hilde.steinfeld@yara.com

Yu Komatsu
Director for Asia, Yara Clear Ammonia
Workplace cellphone: +65 6309 5639
E-mail: yu.komatsu@yara.com

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