{"id":1591,"date":"2022-06-30T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T04:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2025-09-09T12:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T03:25:57","slug":"report-update-june-2022getting-lost-on-the-road-to-decarbonizationjapans-big-plans-for-ammonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/archives\/1591","title":{"rendered":"Getting Lost on the Road to Decarbonization: Japan&#8217;s Big Plans for Ammonia<br>(updated June, 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rectangular\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/japans-ammonia-co-firing_cover_last\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2553\" height=\"3580\" src=\"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_cover_Last.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-706\" style=\"width:414px;height:585px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_cover_Last.png 2553w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_cover_Last-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_cover_Last-730x1024.png 730w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_cover_Last-768x1077.png 768w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_cover_Last-1095x1536.png 1095w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_cover_Last-1460x2048.png 1460w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_cover_Last-1200x1683.png 1200w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_cover_Last-1980x2776.png 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2553px) 100vw, 2553px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 8px solid #28323A !important; color: #28323A !important; margin: 1.5em auto!important; width: 100% !important;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/reports-en\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Tag_Reports-1024x235.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1451\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Tag_Reports-1024x235.png 1024w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Tag_Reports-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Tag_Reports-768x176.png 768w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Tag_Reports-1536x352.png 1536w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Tag_Reports-1200x275.png 1200w, https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Tag_Reports.png 1807w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"boxed-text\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Japans-Ammonia-Co-firing_E_ver2_June2022.pdf\" title=\"\">\u226b&nbsp;Download Full Report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"boxed-text\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Annex-List-of-fuel-ammonia-projects-as-of-June-16-2022_EN.xlsx\" title=\"\">\u226b&nbsp;Annex: List of fuel ammonia projects (Excel)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"boxed-text\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climateintegrate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Figure-Table.zip\" title=\"\">\u226b&nbsp;Figure, Table (zip)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan is aggressively promoting the use of hydrogen and fuel ammonia, purportedly in an effort to achieve carbon neutrality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is giving its all-out support to expand their use with every tool available, from strategic plans, legislation, subsidies, and debt guarantees, to memorandums of understanding with Southeast Asian countries, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The private sector is rushing to join the bandwagon with a wave of new ventures by key players, including power utilities, trading companies, plant builders, shipping companies, and financial institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 60 Japanese companies, research institutes and government agencies have been involved in over 80 projects.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This report takes a close look at each of the claims being used to justify fuel ammonia as an effective way to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 8px solid #28323A !important; 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