Fortescue Future Industries Pty, Ltd. (FFI), a unit of iron ore major Fortescue Metals Group, Perth, Australia, and Japan’s IHI Corp. have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for investigation into establishing green ammonia supply chains between Australia and Japan.
The parties will jointly assess the economic and technical feasibility of supplying green ammonia produced in Bell Bay, Tasmania, and transported to Japan for blending into existing power generation, FFI said in a statement.
Work under this MOU is an important part of FFI’s feasibility and development program for a 250 MW green hydrogen and ammonia Bell Bay project, said FFI in a statement (GM Nov. 20, 2020). That project is targeted for an investment decision by the Fortescue Board this year.
Yara International ASA, Oslo, and Japan’s largest power generation company, JERA Co. Inc., last week signed an MOU to collaborate on the production, delivery, and supply chain development for blue and green ammonia to enable zero-emission thermal power generation in Japan (GM May 14, p. 1).