Japan: Tests launched for ammonia as a clean fuel

Japan’s JERA, the country’s largest power generation company, is starting a test phase for its project to use ammonia as a fuel in one of its main thermal power plants. This project marks a world first in the effort to integrate ammonia on a commercial scale into the energy sector, a field where until now it has been used mainly as a raw material for the production of fertilizers and chemicals. JERA’s initiative is part of a wider energy transition, seeking to exploit ammonia as a carbon-free fuel and a potential carrier for hydrogen transport, thanks to its existing trade flows that can be extended.