During the project period, MHI is expected to carry out the front-end engineering design (FEED) of the demonstration plant as well as finalize the plant’s specifications, aiming to resolve technical challenges necessary for commercialization, with support from compatriot Hokkaido Electric Power (HEPCO). As for Nippon Shokubai, the company is expected to promote the development of elemental technologies focused on verifying the durability of ammonia cracking catalysts.

In other news, a consortium comprising several Japanese companies and organizations was handpicked by NEDO to partake in a feasibility study program focused on new ammonia storage and transport solutions. Furthermore, Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines’ (MOL) Wind Hunter project, a zero-emission initiative that utilizes wind power to produce hydrogen, was selected to participate in a project to research the potential for achieving a hydrogen society.