The pair have signed a supply agreement from Hygenco’s under-development, $2.5 billion renewable ammonia project in Gopalpur Port, Odisha. By establishing supply chains from India to Europe and Asia, the pair aim to capture a significant share of the developing global market for low-carbon ammonia.
JERA and IHI have successfully concluded a large-scale ammonia co-firing trial at the Hekinan power station. For two months, 20% fuel substitution in the 1 GW-sized Unit 4 was achieved, with stable operations throughout. JERA aims to have commercial ammonia co-firing operations up and running by March 2025.
CertifHy has awarded RFNBO pre-certification to Greenko subsidiary AM Green for its under-development hydrogen and ammonia production facility in southern India. By 2030, Greenko aims for a capacity of one million tons per year of electrolytic hydrogen, feeding the production of 5 million tons per year of ammonia.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India has released final details for the subsidy scheme, which will assist the decarbonisation of fertiliser production in India. Eleven renewable ammonia production projects will be matched to eleven fertiliser manufacturers in a reverse auction process, with annual tonnages and delivery schedules for ammonia already set.
WinGD’s X‑DF‑A dual-fuel engines have been ordered by Singapore-based shipping giant AET for deployment onboard new Aframax tankers, being built in China. Fishing vessels operators Vardin and Framherji have ordered Wärtsilä 25 engines for a series of three fishing trawlers that will operate in the Faroe Islands. In construction news, CMB.TECH will build the Yara Eyde vessel for Yara and North Sea Container Line in China, with vessel delivery scheduled for mid-2026.
Several ammonia-centric vessel designs were granted AiP at the recent Posidonia shipping exhibition in Greece. Lloyd’s Register approved designs including the world’s largest Very Large Ammonia Carrier, a container vessel and a gas carrier propelled by Amogy’s ammonia-to-power technology, a NOX-compliant container vessel featuring a MAN ammonia engine, and an ammonia-powered Very Large Ore Carrier. Lloyd’s Register also recently approved H2SITE’s onboard ammonia cracking technology.
Sojitz and Kyushu Electric will offtake the full volume of ammonia production from the first phase of Sembcorp’s under-development production project in India, with the intention to supply various industrial customers in the Kyushu region of Japan. In more term sheet news, Avaada will supply renewable ammonia to Mysore, a distributor of ammonia to Indian customers.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has published a regional strategy to decarbonise the power generation ecosystem in the Chugoku region, Japan. The strategy predicts the region will require more than 3 million tons of fuel ammonia by 2030, and highlights several ongoing industrial initiatives to demonstrate the use of ammonia fuel & establish local import infrastructure.
Miura Industries and Chubu Electric Power will jointly work together to develop an ammonia co-fired boiler. The boiler will run on a mixture of ammonia and coal-derived gas, with potential industrial applications in Japan.