IHI, PETRONAS to demonstrate ammonia-fired gas turbine in Malaysia

100% ammonia-powered unit to be deployed in 2027

Click to learn more about IHI’s 2MW 100% ammonia fueled gas turbine deployment in Malaysia. From Toshiro Fujimori, Gas turbine technology development for fuel ammonia (Nov 2024).

A Joint Collaboration Demonstration Agreement (JCDA) has now been signed to deploy a 100% ammonia-fueled gas turbine at PETRONAS’ integrated chemical plant in Terengganu, Malaysia. The turbine will produce thermal power and electricity using ammonia fuel produced on-site. The predicted start date for the demonstration is 2027.

The demonstration agreement is between Japanese-based IHI Corporation, who will supply the 2 MW, IM270 ammonia-powered gas turbine, Malaysian-based PETRONAS, who will supply the ammonia for the turbine, and PETRONAS clean energy arm, Gentari, who will provide decarbonisation expertise. The JCDA follows an MoU signed at the 1st AZEC Leaders’ Meeting in 2023, after which the project was supported by METI under the Global South Future-Oriented Co-Creation Project (Large-Scale Demonstration in ASEAN Member Countries).

IHI Corporation has developed a myriad of technology at varying levels of commercial readiness aiming to demonstrate end uses for ammonia. Recently demonstrated in partnership with GE Vernova, a utility-scale gas turbine capable of 100% ammonia combustion is part of a roadmap to roll out ammonia-fired power generation across APAC.