EnergyJapan's JERA, Mitsui agree to build $4bn U.S. ammonia plant
Partners say facility's annual capacity of 1.4m tonnes will be world's largest
JERA plans to use ammonia as an alternative fuel at its coal-fired power plants in Japan. (Photo by Manami Yamada)
TOKYO -- Japanese energy company JERA, trading house Mitsui & Co. and a U.S. manufacturer have decided to invest $4 billion for building what they say would be the world's largest ammonia plant in the southern state of Louisiana, they announced Wednesday.