MHI plans ammonia-fired power generation in Indonesia

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has concluded an agreement with Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) to conduct joint research and development of ammonia-fired power generation by gas turbine, it said on September 28.

The companies will use ITB’s expertise in chemical reaction engineering to optimise power generation using ammonia fuel. Following demonstration testing with MHI’s H-25 gas turbine, the partners will work towards commercial application of ammonia-fired power generation in Indonesia.

In 2020, MHI and ITB concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for joint research on next-generation clean energy solutions and analysis of big data relating to power plants. In February 2022, the two partners agreed to a five-year extension of the MoU.

“The newly concluded MoU comes at a time when Indonesia is ramping up efforts to decarbonise its energy sector, demonstrated by its officially announced commitments to achieve 23% renewable energy use by 2025 and reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions by 29% by 2030,” MHI said.