Yara International ASA and Kyushu Electric Power Co. have signed an MOU to collaborate on establishing clean ammonia supply chains in Japan to reduce CO₂ emissions at Kyushu’s thermal power generation plant in Kyushu Area, Japan.

The companies aim to jointly develop a clean ammonia (blue and green ammonia) end-to-end supply chain to Kyushu’s coal thermal power generation plants and to develop a receiving and distribution system of clean ammonia for usage in a wide range of fields around the Kyushu region.

Japan targets 3 MMt of ammonia import demand for fuel by 2030 and 30 MMt by 2050 as part of its measures to cut CO₂ emissions and reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

Blue ammonia is derived from a carbon capture and storage process (CCS), while green ammonia is produced carbon free by using hydrogen sourced from renewable energy as feedstock.