• Taipower will collaborate with Japan’s IHI Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation to promote an ammonia co-firing demonstration project at the Dalin Power Plant. The goal is to achieve 5% ammonia co-firing power generation by 2030, which will result in an estimated 9,000-ton annual reduction in carbon emissions, equivalent to the annual carbon absorption of approximately 23 Taipei Daan Forest Parks.

February 29, 2024 – To achieve the goal of Net-zero Electricity, Taipower has been actively promoting the transformation of its thermal power plants to reduce carbon emissions. It has successively signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with international giants like Siemens and Mitsubishi to promote power generation demonstrations that combine new energy applications with its existing power generators, including gas-fired hydrogen blending and ammonia–coal co-firing. Now, it is once again collaborating with Japan’s IHI Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation. The three companies signed the “Dalin Power Plant Ammonia–Coal Co-firing Technology Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding” today, thus promoting the ammonia co-firing power generation project. Taipower stated that the Dalin Power Plant aims to demonstrate 5% ammonia co-firing power generation by 2030, which will result in an estimated 9,000-ton annual reduction in carbon emissions, equivalent to the annual carbon absorption of approximately 23 Taipei Daan Forest Parks.

Taipower held the signing ceremony for the “Dalin Power Plant Ammonia–Coal Co-firing Technology Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding” this morning at the Taipower Building. Taipower Vice President Ching-Hung Cheng, Executive Officer of Japan’s IHI Corporation (the original manufacturer of Dalin Power Plant's power generating units) Yukihisa Ozawa, and Executive Officer of Sumitomo Corporation Seiji Kitajima signed the agreement together during the event.

• Taipower held the signing ceremony for the “Dalin Power Plant Ammonia–Coal Co-firing Technology Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding” this morning at the Taipower Building. Taipower Vice President Ching-Hung Cheng (center), Executive Officer of Japan’s IHI Corporation (the original manufacturer of Dalin Power Plant's power generating units) Yukihisa Ozawa (right), and Executive Officer of Sumitomo Corporation Seiji Kitajima (left) signed the agreement together during the event.

Taipower Vice President Ching-Hung Cheng stated that based on the consensus resolutions of last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), it is evident that accelerating the transformation of thermal power plants to reduce carbon emissions has become an international trend. Taipower is actively introducing internationally advanced technologies to promote carbon capture and co-firing power generation by combining new energy sources such as hydrogen and ammonia with existing power generators. Today’s signing of the ammonia–coal co-firing technology cooperation aims to leverage the expertise and global experience of IHI Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation to expedite Taiwan’s progress in reducing power-related carbon emissions.

IHI Corporation’s Vice President Yukihisa Ozawa stated that IHI has successfully verified small-scale ammonia co-firing power generation in countries such as Japan and Indonesia in recent years. IHI is honored to cooperate with Taipower and participate in Taiwan’s journey toward net-zero emissions, and it will utilize its experience to support the ammonia co-firing power generation demonstration at Dalin Power Plant.

Sumitomo Corporation Executive Officer Seiji Kitajima stated that ammonia is an essential energy source in the journey towards net-zero emissions; as such, Sumitomo Corporation is actively promoting its utilization and constructing its supply chain. Its role in this cooperation is to introduce the experience of receiving and supplying ammonia energy from Japan, thereby facilitating the smooth progress of the co-firing demonstration project.

Taipower explained that because ammonia does not produce carbon dioxide during combustion and can be well-preserved in a liquid state at temperatures as low as -33°C, it provides development advantages such as carbon reduction, high transportation efficiency, and low storage costs. Furthermore, because its combustion heat value is similar to that of coal, it can be used alongside existing high-efficiency coal-fired units.

Taipower stated that this technical cooperation aims to promote the “Ammonia Co-Firing Demonstration Project” using existing ultra-supercritical units. IHI will be responsible for evaluating the feasibility of boiler equipment transformation, subsequent unit upgrades, and co-firing tests, whereas Sumitomo Corporation will assist in planning and constructing the ammonia supply chain. The goal is to demonstrate 5% ammonia co-firing power generation by 2030. Based on the installation capacity of one unit at 800,000 kilowatts co-firing for 1 hour daily, this is expected to reduce carbon emissions by 9,000 tons annually, which is equivalent to the annual carbon absorption of 23 Taipei Daan Forest Parks.

Spokesperson: Vice President Chih-Meng Tsai

Contact Number: (02)2366-6271/0958-749-333

E-mail: u910707@taipower.com.tw

Contact Person: Director of Power Development Department, Ko-Hung Hu

Contact Number: (02)2366-6850/0919-272-789

E-mail: u064321@taipower.com.tw