JERA Americas, a unit of Tokyo-based electric utility JERA Inc., has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with German energy company Uniper Global Commodities SE and the US-based energy producer ConocoPhillips for the sale to Uniper of low carbon hydrogen/ammonia produced in the US.
JERA and ConocoPhillips are collaborating on the development of a manufacturing base in the US Gulf Coast that will produce hydrogen on a large scale and convert it into ammonia (GM Sept. 9, 2022). The parties expect to produce an initial 2 million mt/y of ammonia, with possible expansion to 8 million mt/y. They expect to start commercial production at the end of the 2020s.
In addition to Uniper, JERA and ConocoPhillips said in the future they would consider supplying their US ammonia to other countries outside Europe, including Japan and other Asian countries.