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

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

20240322N JERA power plant aichi REU

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.

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