As the world leaders converge in the UAE for the COP28 this week to chalk out strategies for climate mitigation, Adani Power announced it has taken up 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, the Adani Group said in a media release.

Green ammonia, produced from green hydrogen, which in turn is produced through electrolysis using renewable energy, would be a feedstock for the boilers.

As ammonia contains no carbon, there is no carbon dioxide emission from its combustion, making it a long-term carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuels.

Adani Power has partnered with IHI and Kowa-Japan to deliver the pilot and examine expansion to other Adani Power units and stations as well. Kowa is active in energy-saving and energy-creating products, while IHI is a heavy industry company that has ammonia firing technology.

Combustion tests at IHI’s facility in Japan have begun with a 20 per cent ammonia blend, simulating Mundra Power Station equipment.

“The partners believe that the results will be encouraging enough to implement this solution at the Mundra Power Station once economic parity is achieved between both feedstocks. The Mundra plant is the first location outside of Japan to have been selected for this cutting-edge green initiative,” the Adani Group release said.