The Japanese government will support India, which has a high proportion of coal-fired power generation, to introduce a technology that mixes ammonia, which does not emit carbon dioxide when burned, with the fuel of thermal power plants.
International criticism is rising that coal-fired power generation, which emits a large amount of carbon dioxide, goes against the trend of decarbonization, but in India, more than 70% of power generation depends on coal-fired power generation.
Under these circumstances, the government has decided to provide technical assistance to reduce carbon dioxide emissions at coal-fired power plants in India.
We support the introduction of technology that mixes ammonia with fuel, which does not emit carbon dioxide when burned.
Specifically, IHI, a major machine maker with high technology in this field, is working on a power generation business using ammonia with India's largest private power generation company "Adani Power", and the Japanese government is working with the Indian government. Based on the agreement of, we will provide financial support.
With this technology, we will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide generated by power generation by 20% from 2024, and in the future we will generate power only with ammonia, aiming for zero carbon dioxide emissions.