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TOKYO: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Abu Dhabi group ADNOC signed an agreement on Wednesday to explore opportunities for collaboration on the development of value chains for blue ammonia (NH3) and blue hydrogen (H2).

MHI will act as a technology solution provider to support the decarbonization of oil and gas production sites owned by ADNOC and the development of businesses to produce blue hydrogen and blue ammonia while also looking to create global demand.

ADNOC is a leading diversified energy and petrochemicals group wholly owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

The two companies will seek to complement each other’s strengths and create synergies between ADNOC’s assets and MHI’s technologies, with the aim of accelerating the development of hydrogen and ammonia businesses, as well as working towards net zero emissions globally.

MHI has technology such as hydrogen-fired gas turbines and ammonia-fired gas turbines, ammonia co-fired boilers and hydrogen production equipment, and expects to utilize its know-how to increase the feasibility of products and provide support for ADNOC’s ambition to achieve net zero by 2045.

“It is a great honor to be able to collaborate with a leading company in decarbonizing hard-to-abate industry sectors, and in developing a low carbon fuel value chain globally,” said MHI Senior Executive Vice President KAGUCHI Hitoshi.

Musabbeh Al Kaabi, ADNOC’s Executive Director of Low Carbon Solutions and International Growth commented: “This partnership is a continuation of the UAE’s longstanding and mutually successful strategic bi-lateral relationship with Japan. Our combined expertise and commitment to advancing climate neutral technologies holds great potential to accelerate our own journey to net zero by 2045.”