Yara, Jera Enter into Clean Ammonia Partnerships

Sustainable Business Yara, Jera Enter into Clean Ammonia Partnerships

2023-01-19 Source: Press release Yara International 2 min Reading Time

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Yara has entered into a MOU with Jera to supply clean ammonia to the Hekinan thermal power plant which is Jera’s first commercial scale co-firing project. The partnership also aims to develop blue ammonia production in the US Gulf.

Representatives from Jera and Yara meet at the World Economic Forum in Davos.(Source: Yara International) — Representatives from Jera and Yara meet at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
(Source: Yara International)

Oslo/Norway – Yara Clean Ammonia has been successfully nominated as a potential supplier in Jera’s tender to supply up to 500 kilotons (kt) of clean ammonia to the Hekinan Thermal Power Plant Unit 4. This is Jera’s first commercial scale co-firing project.

"I'm very pleased that Yara and Jera are signing a MOU for the joint project development, sales and purchase of clean ammonia. Yara has the capacity to produce and ship clean ammonia all over the world and we are a reliable, safe and long-term supplier. We are highly committed to this partnership and look forward to joining forces with Jera to drive the transformation to a net-zero world”, says CEO of Yara International, Svein Tore Holsether.

The two companies also plan to collaborate on blue ammonia production in the US Gulf and to produce more than 1 million metric tons per annum (mtpa).

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"I'm happy to see that we've developed a close relationship with Jera since our first MOU in May 2021. Our collaboration has developed deeply, and I am proud that Yara Clean Ammonia has been selected as the reliable supplier to Jera’s first world scale co-firing project in Hekinan, Japan. Both companies are committed to scaling up clean energy sources and we are looking forward to partner with Jera in developing blue ammonia production in the US Gulf”, says President of Yara Clean Ammonia, Magnus Krogh Ankarstrand.

In the MOU, Yara Clean Ammonia and Jera have agreed to jointly study the viability to collaborate in the following areas:

The sales and purchase of clean ammonia for the 20 % co-firing operations at Hekinan Thermal Power Plant Unit 4, which is targeted to commence in 2027. The required volume is expected to be up to 500,000 mtpa.

The joint development of a 1 million plus mtpa blue ammonia project which YCA is considering developing in the US Gulf Coast.

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