Adani Power Ltd (APL), IHI Corporation, and Kowa Company Ltd have signed an MoU to study the feasibility of co-firing Adani Power’s Mundra coal-based power plant with liquid ammonia.
The MoU will study the feasibility of co-firing liquid ammonia to the extent of 20 per cent moving up to 100 per cent of the total fuel requirement of the Mundra plant in Gujarat.
Co-firing is the combustion of two different fuels aimed at increasing efficiency
APL aims to lead India’s initiatives in achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets by evaluating the possibility of potential implementation of ammonia as a fuel in thermal power generation that will utilize green hydrogen-derived ammonia in the existing thermal power plant.
To achieve de-carbonization of APL’s coal-fired assets, the parties, by considering the possibility of ammonia co-firing through the studies, aim to de-carbonize APL’s coal fired assets with the objective to potentially implement the technology in other coal-fired units within India.
Successful demonstration
Kowa supported APL by conducting a global survey of hydrogen and ammonia-related technologies being used for power generation.
IHI Corporation has already successfully demonstrated its ammonia co-firing technology at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant in Japan and responded to many inquiries related to ammonia co-firing globally.
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Clean energy partnership
These studies contribute to carbon neutrality in India in line with the “India-Japan Clean Energy Partnership (CEP)” announced by the Indian and Japanese governments on March 19, 2022.This will aim to promote energy cooperation between Japan and India through diverse and realistic energy transitions using all energy sources and technologies to ensure energy security, carbon neutrality and economic growth. In addition, the parties intend to conduct research and development, demonstration and commercial implementation in parallel with that in Japan to achieve early global implementation of fuel ammonia supply chain.
Featured photograph (source: Adani Power) shows evening view of Adani Power’s Mundra power plant in Gujarat. The coal-fired power plant with installed capacity of 4,620 mw is equipped with nine power generating units – four subcritical ones of 330 mw each, and five 660-mw supercritical units.
