NYK Line Co., Ltd.
JERA begins joint study with Resonac on supplying fuel ammonia to ships Cooperation aimed at achieving zero emissions from ships
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On December 12, our company entered into a joint study agreement with JERA Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “JERA”) and Resonac Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Resonac”), with the aim of supplying fuel ammonia to ships for the first time in the world. Did.
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-Resonac Co., Ltd.-
Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Hidehito Takahashi, President and Representative Director Website: https://www.resonac.com/jp
-NYK Line Co., Ltd.-
Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Takaya Soga, Representative Director and President Website: http://www.nyk.com/
The NYK Group announced its medium-term management plan “Sail Green, Drive Transformations 2026 – A Passion for Planetary Wellbeing -” on March 10, 2023. Our corporate philosophy is “Bringing value to life.” and we have a new vision for 2030: “Beyond the framework of a comprehensive logistics company, we will co-create the value necessary for the future by deepening our core businesses and growing new businesses.” ” and promote a growth strategy centered on ESG. (Click here for details → https://www.nyk.com/profile/plan/) (Note 1) Green Innovation Fund Project
In order to significantly accelerate current efforts such as structural transformation of the energy and industrial sectors and innovation through bold investments toward achieving carbon neutrality in 2050, NEDO will create a 2 trillion yen fund and pursue an ambitious public-private initiative. A fund system that provides ongoing support for companies that share specific goals and work on them as management issues, from research and development and demonstration to social implementation, for up to 10 years. Support will be provided mainly in 14 priority areas for which action plans have been formulated in the Green Growth Strategy. Please refer to the URL below for an overview of the NEDO project.
(https://green-innovation.nedo.go.jp/project/development-next-generation-vessels/) (Note 2) CO2-free hydrogen
Hydrogen produced without producing CO2. Methods for producing CO2-free hydrogen include methods that utilize renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, etc.) to produce hydrogen, and methods that utilize fossil fuels (natural gas, coal, etc.) and recover the generated CO2. – There are methods to store and produce hydrogen. Ammonia made from hydrogen produced by the above method is considered CO2-free ammonia, and is expected to be used as a fuel or hydrogen energy carrier.