As world leaders gather in the UAE this week for COP28 to chart strategies for climate mitigation, Adani Power announced that it has launched a green ammonia combustion pilot project at its Mundra plant.
As part of the project, the Mundra plant, a large private sector power plant, will co-fire up to 20 per cent green ammonia in the boilers of the conventional coal-fired 330 MW unit, Adani Group said in a media release.
Green ammonia, produced from green hydrogen, which in turn is produced through electrolysis using renewable energy, will be the feedstock for the boiler.
Since ammonia contains no carbon, its combustion produces no carbon dioxide emissions, making it a long-term carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuels.
Adani Power has partnered with IHI and Kowa-Japan to provide pilot and test expansion to other Adani Power units and stations. Kova is active in energy-saving and energy-building products, while IHI is a heavy industry company with ammonia firing technology.
Combustion testing with 20 per cent ammonia mixture simulating the Mundra Power Station equipment has begun at IHI’s facility in Japan.
âThe partners believe that the results will be encouraging enough to implement this solution at Mundra Power Station once economic parity is achieved between the two feedstocks. The Mundra plant is the first location outside Japan selected for this cutting-edge green initiative. ,â the Adani Group release said.
This ambitious project has been conceived under the aegis of Japan-India Clean Energy Partnership (CEP).
âAdani Power is fully committed to reducing its carbon footprint through the adoption of latest technologies and proactive measures across our business value chain. To further this vision, we are introducing green ammonia blending for our Mundra plant. We are pleased to partner with IHI and Cova to reduce CO2 emissions, we will continue to integrate cutting-edge technologies to reduce emissions in the medium term,â Adani Anil Sardana, Managing Director of Power, said.
Separately, on Tuesday the group’s Adani Total Gas announced a ‘Green Hydrogen Production and Blending Pilot Project’. Adani Total Gas, a leading energy and city gas distribution company, is co-promoted by Adani Group and TotalEnergies.
As part of the project, Adani Total Gas will be able to blend green hydrogen (GH2) with natural gas for over 4,000 residential and commercial customers in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the Adani group company said in a media release on Tuesday. Will use latest technologies.
GH2 is produced using electrolysis of water with electricity generated by renewable energy. Hydrogen blending is less carbon-dense than burning gas but has the same heating capacity.
The project is expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2024-25, and the percentage of green hydrogen in the mix will be gradually increased to 8 percent or more depending on regulatory approvals, the media release said.
After successful completion of the pilot, hydrogen-blended fuel will be supplied to large parts of the city and other licensed areas in a phased manner.
Notably, in January this year, the central government approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission, which aims to make India a global hub for the production, use and export of such technologies. The Green Hydrogen Mission will gradually decarbonise the industrial, transport and energy sectors and reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels.
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, commonly known as COP28, will be the 28th United Nations climate change conference, to be held in Dubai from November 30 to December 12, 2023.
India, a developing country with ambitions to be developed by 2047, has committed to an ambitious five-part “Panchamrit” pledge at COP26 to be held in 2021. These include reaching 500 GW of non-fossil power capacity, generating half of all energy needs. Renewable energy, reducing emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030. India also aims to reduce the emission intensity of GDP by 45 percent. Ultimately, India is committed to net-zero emissions by 2070.
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