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This week, as world leaders gather in the UAE to chalk out strategies on climate change for COP28, Adani Power has 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 boiler of a conventional coal-fired 330 MW unit, Adani Group said in a media release.
Green ammonia produced from green hydrogen, which is produced through electrolysis using renewable energy, will be the feedstock for the boilers.
Because ammonia contains no carbon, its combustion does not produce carbon dioxide emissions, making it a long-term carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuels.
Adani Power has partnered with IHI and Kowa-Japan to complete the pilot project and investigate expansion to other units and stations of Adani Power. Kowa is active in energy-saving and energy-creating products, while IHI is a heavy industry company with ammonia firing technology.
Combustion testing with a 20 per cent ammonia mixture replicating the equipment at the Mundra Power Station has begun at IHI’s facility in Japan.
“The partners believe that the results will be encouraging enough to implement this solution at Mundra Power Station once economic parity is achieved between both feedstocks. The Mundra plant is the first location outside Japan to be selected for this cutting-edge green initiative,” the Adani Group release said.
This ambitious project has been conceived under the aegis of Japan-India Clean Energy Partnership (CEP).
Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Adani Power, said, “Adani Power is fully committed to reducing its carbon footprint by adopting the latest technologies and proactive measures across its business value chain. Taking this approach forward, we are happy to partner with IHI and Cowa to blend Green Ammonia for our Mundra plant, which will reduce CO2 emissions. We will continue to integrate cutting-edge technologies to reduce emissions in the medium term.”
Also 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 the Adani Group and TotalEnergies.
As part of the project, Adani Total Gas will use the latest technologies 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.
GH2 is produced using the electrolysis of water with electricity generated from renewable energy. The hydrogen mixture is less carbon-intensive than burning the gas, but has similar heating efficiencies.
The project is expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2024-25, and the percentage of green hydrogen in the blend will be gradually increased to 8 per cent or more, depending on regulatory approvals, the media release said.
After successful completion of the pilot project, hydrogen-blended fuel will be supplied to larger parts of the city and other license areas in a phased manner.
It is noteworthy that 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 lead to decarbonization of the industrial, transport and energy sectors and reduction of 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 the ambition to become developed by 2047, has committed to an ambitious five-part “Panchaamrut” pledge at COP26 in 2021. This includes reaching 500 gigawatts of non-fossil power capacity, generating half of all energy requirements from renewables, reducing emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030. India also aims to reduce the emissions intensity of GDP by 45 percent. Finally, India has committed to net-zero emissions by 2070.
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