JERA Co., Inc., through its subsidiary JERA Americas Inc., has invested in the company that operates its Linden Gas-fired Power Generation Project in the United States.
The operating company has concluded an agreement with Phillips 66, a major oil refiner in the United States, to receive refinery produced fuel gas containing hydrogen. The operating company will modify the existing gas turbine at Linden Gas Thermal Power Station Unit 6 so that refinery produced fuel gas containing hydrogen, supplied by Phillips 66’s Bayway Oil Refinery adjacent to the power station, can be co-fired with natural gas.
After completion of this modification in 2022, Linden Gas Thermal Power Station Unit 6 will be capable of mixed combustion with up to 40 percent hydrogen, reducing CO2 emissions by as much as approximately 10 percent of annual CO2 emission in unit 6.
Under its “JERA Zero CO2 Emissions 2050” objective, JERA has been working to eliminate CO2 emissions from its domestic and overseas businesses by 2050, promoting the adoption of greener fuels and pursuing thermal power that does not emit CO2 during power generation. JERA will continue to contribute to energy industry decarbonisation through its own proactive efforts to develop decarbonisation technologies while ensuring economic rationality.
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