Japan's JERA and Inpex to invest in U.S. ammonia projects

Government support makes production as cheap as in Middle East, executive says

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JERA will begin a test to generate electricity by burning a mix of ammonia and coal at the Hekinan Thermal Power Station in Japan's Aichi prefecture. © Reuters

RYOSUKE HANAFUSA, Nikkei staff writer

HOUSTON, Texas -- Japanese energy companies JERA and Inpex are preparing to invest in separate projects in the U.S. that will produce ammonia for clean-burning power generation in Japan.

JERA Global CEO and Chair Yukio Kani and Inpex President Takayuki Ueda spoke with Nikkei at this week's Ceraweek energy industry conference being held in Houston, Texas.

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