Japan approves JERA to import US-made ammonia

(The Center Square) – Japanese power generation company JERA, an investment partner with CF Industries in the Blue Point low-carbon ammonia plant under construction near Baton Rouge, has been officially certified as a supplier of low-carbon ammonia by its home country.Japanese regulators certified JERA to import low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives, such as ammonia, which the company plans to produce at the $4 billion Blue Point plant in Ascension Parish beginning in 2029. Regulators also approved a subsidy for a 15-year period to cover the difference in the price JERA would pay for coal in Japan versus the cost of ammonia imported by the company from the Blue Point project in Louisiana.JERA, which generates about 30% of Japan’s electricity, plans to import the ammonia to use as fuel at the Hekinan Thermal Power Station, one of the largest thermal plants in the country, which is transitioning from coal-fired power generation.JERA's goals for the Hekinan Thermal Power Station include