The realization of a hydrogen society is expected to contribute to reducing the effects of global warming and improving energy security.
Ammonia is the leading option for hydrogen energy carriers.
To establish a value chain that extends from the distribution of CO2-free ammonia to the use of it,
CFAA will dedicate itself to conducting studies on technological and economic assessment, developing policy proposals, and in promoting international collaboration.
I am indeed honored by this opportunity to express my thoughts as newly assigned president of CFAA.
To achieve sustainable growth that balances energy and the environment, it is imperative that we urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide emissions. Many countries, including Japan, are accelerating their efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Under such circumstances, fuel ammonia is increasingly expected to be an effective solution.
The fuel ammonia industry was listed as one of the 14 priority areas in the “Green Growth Strategy for Carbon Neutrality in 2050” formulated in December 2020. A Cabinet Decision on the Sixth Strategic Energy Plan approved in October 2021 stipulated that hydrogen and ammonia should make up 1% of the power supply mix in 2030.
President Shigeru Muraki
The Strategic Innovation Program (SIP) of the Cabinet Office from 2014 to 2018 described that ammonia can be utilized as a zero-emission fuel that does not emit carbon dioxide when burned. It is also the most effective energy carrier for storing and transporting renewable energy. While technological development for social implementation has continued, the Public-Private Council for Fuel Ammonia Introduction was established in October 2020 to accelerate efforts toward social implementation of fuel ammonia, in collaboration with private companies, including consumers and suppliers, and the government. We will commit to playing a leading role in the Council and we are working to build a value chain from the supply of fuel ammonia to its use.
Stable supply and cost reduction are crucial for the social implementation of fuel ammonia. For this, it is essential that Japanese companies actively participate in the development of the supply chain infrastructure for manufacturing, transportation, storage, and receiving of ammonia, focused on the utilization side. This includes direct combustion and co-combustion technologies, in which Japan is already a world leader, as well promotion of governmental support measures and public-private partnerships. Since its establishment in 2019, CFAA has served as an intermediary between industry, academia, and government in conducting studies on technological and economic assessment, in developing policy proposals, and in promoting international collaboration. We will continue to contribute to the early social implementation of fuel ammonia, decarbonization, and the growth of the Japanese industry.
I personally thank you most sincerely for your commitment to CFAA and I welcome your valuable contributions to our common interest.
Message from the President
President Shigeru Muraki
I am indeed honored by this opportunity to express my thoughts as newly assigned president of CFAA.
To achieve sustainable growth that balances energy and the environment, it is imperative that we urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide emissions. Many countries, including Japan, are accelerating their efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Under such circumstances, fuel ammonia is increasingly expected to be an effective solution.
The fuel ammonia industry was listed as one of the 14 priority areas in the “Green Growth Strategy for Carbon Neutrality in 2050” formulated in December 2020. A Cabinet Decision on the Sixth Strategic Energy Plan approved in October 2021 stipulated that hydrogen and ammonia should make up 1% of the power supply mix in 2030.
The Strategic Innovation Program (SIP) of the Cabinet Office from 2014 to 2018 described that ammonia can be utilized as a zero-emission fuel that does not emit carbon dioxide when burned. It is also the most effective energy carrier for storing and transporting renewable energy. While technological development for social implementation has continued, the Public-Private Council for Fuel Ammonia Introduction was established in October 2020 to accelerate efforts toward social implementation of fuel ammonia, in collaboration with private companies, including consumers and suppliers, and the government. We will commit to playing a leading role in the Council and we are working to build a value chain from the supply of fuel ammonia to its use.
Stable supply and cost reduction are crucial for the social implementation of fuel ammonia. For this, it is essential that Japanese companies actively participate in the development of the supply chain infrastructure for manufacturing, transportation, storage, and receiving of ammonia, focused on the utilization side. This includes direct combustion and co-combustion technologies, in which Japan is already a world leader, as well promotion of governmental support measures and public-private partnerships. Since its establishment in 2019, CFAA has served as an intermediary between industry, academia, and government in conducting studies on technological and economic assessment, in developing policy proposals, and in promoting international collaboration. We will continue to contribute to the early social implementation of fuel ammonia, decarbonization, and the growth of the Japanese industry.
I personally thank you most sincerely for your commitment to CFAA and I welcome your valuable contributions to our common interest.
Organization Chart
Board Members (As of June 27, 2024)
Title
Name
Affliation’s Position
President (Representative Director)
Shigeru Muraki
Ex-Vice Chairman, Tokyo Gas
Executive Vice President (Representative Director)
Masahiro Aika
Executive Vice President, JGC HOLDINGS
Executive Vice President (Representative Director)
Nobuhiko Kubota
Managing Executive Officer, IHI
Executive Director
Susumu Miyazaki
Clean Fuel Ammonia Association
Director
Tadaaki Ito
General Manager, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Director
Kouichirou Oshima
Managing Executive Officer, MUFG Bank
Director
Hideaki Kobayashi
Professor, Tohoku University
Director
Eiji Sakata
Executive Officer, Toyo Engineering
Director
Seiji Takeuchi
Representative Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical
Corporate Vice President, Member of the Board, TOYOTA ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
Auditor
Yoshiyuki Hagihara
Senior General Manager, TAIYO NIPPON SANSO
Member List（As of November 26, 2024）
Board Members Idemitsu Kosan IHI ITOCHU JERA JGC HOLDINGS Marubeni Corporation Mitsubishi Corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MITSUI & CO., LTD. Mitsui Chemicals MUFG Bank NYK Line SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Tokyo Gas Toyo Engineering
General Members ABE NIKKO KOGYO AGC Air Water Inc. AISAN INDUSTRY Aramco Asia Japan Asahi Kasei ASAHI KOHSAN Asahi Tanker BENFIELD ELECTRIC JAPAN BP Japan Cataler Central Tank Terminal Chiyoda Chubu Electric Power Company CHUGAI RO CLEARIZE ConocoPhillips Japan Cosmo Engineering Cosmo Oil Daihatsu Diesel DAIICHI JITSUGYO Diamond & Zebra Electric Mfg EBARA EDF JAPAN Electric Power Development ENEOS Emerson Japan Fuji Car Manufacturing Fuji Electric Fuji Oil FUKUI SEISAKUSHO GYXIS HANWA HAZAMA ANDO HIROSHIMA GAS Hitachi Industrial Products Hitachi Zosen Hokkaido Electric Power Hoku energy Hokuriku Electric Power Company HORIBA IINO KAIUN INFLUX INPEX ISHII IRON WORKS Iwatani Corporation Iwatani Gas Japan Oil Engineering Japan Oil Transportation Japan Petroleum Exploration JFE Engineering JFE Steel JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Kajima Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Kawasaki Heavy Industries KOBELCO WIRE COMPANY KOBE STEEL Kowa Company Kyushu Electric Power LRQA Limited MAEDA CORPORATION MAYEKAWA MFG. Maruzen Petrochemical Mitsubishi Electric MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL Mitsubishi Materials MITSUI E&S Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance MIURA Mizuho Research & Technologies N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION NGK INSULATORS NICHIAS NIKKISO
Nikki-Universal NIPPON COKE & ENGINEERING Nippon Kaiji Kentei Kyokai Nippon Kaiji Kyokai Nippon Kayaku Nippon Oil Pump Nippon Paper Industries NIPPON SHARYO, LTD. NIPPON SHOKUBAI NIPPON STEEL NIPPON STEEL Pipeline & Engineering NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel NIPPON STEEL TRADING Niterra Nitto Denko Non-Destructive Inspectiona NRS CORPORATION NS UNITED KAIUN KAISHA OBAYASHI Okinawa Electric Power Osaka Gas OVAL Penta-Ocean Construction Planning and Design Center for Greener Ships Resonac Holdings Corporation RIKEN KEIKI Safar International Senko Line Shell Japan Shikoku Electric Power Company Shimadzu SHIMIZU SHIN NIHON KENTEI KYOKAI Shin Nippon Machinery Shinsho Corporation Sojitz stäubli SUMITOMO CORPORATION Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Suzuyo Shoji Taisei Corporation TAIYO NIPPON SANSO Takenaka TB Global Technologies TEIKOKU ELECTRIC MFG. The Chugoku Electric Power Company The Kansai Electric Power Company thyssenkrupp nucera Japan TOHO GAS Tohoku-Electric Power TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES Toray Industries Torishima Pump Mfg TOYO KANETSU TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS TOYOTA ENERGY SOLUTIONS TOYOTA INDUSTRIES Toyota Tsusho Corporation TSUKISHIMA KANKYO ENGINEERING TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING UBE Corporation Uyeno Transtech Vena Energy Japan VOLCANO WAQUO INDUSTRY Wärtsilä Japan Weathernews Inc. YANMAR HOLDINGS Yokogawa Electric
Associate Members (foreign companies) Abu Dhabi National Oil Company（UAE） new “ACME Cleantech Solutions Private Limited (IND)” Adani New Industries Limited (IN) AES Andes (CHL) AMEA Power LLC（UAE） AM Green Ammonia（IN） Amogy Inc（US) Argus Media AustriaEnergy International GmbH (AUT) Avaada Green H2 Private Limited (IN) CF Industries (US) Chevron New Energy International Pte.Ltd.(SIN) Clean Hydrogen Works (US) DNV (NOR) Energy North Pty Ltd. (AUS) Equinor ASA (NOR) “ExxonMobil LNG Market Development Inc.（US）” Fortescue Energy (AUS) Green Hydrogen International Corp.(US) Hexagon Energy Materials Limited (AUS) Hygenco Green Energies Private Limited, (IN) Keppel Ltd.(SIN) KBR,Inc.(US)
LSB INDUSTRIES (US) Meridian Energy Itd（NZ） Novatek Gas and Power Asia Pte. Ltd. (SIN) NTPC (IND) “NW interconnected Power Pty Ltd (Asian Renewable Energy Hub) (AUS)” OCI N.V.（NLD） Orica Limited （AUS） Origin Energy Limited (AUS) Pilot Energy Limited (AUS) Purus Marine（UK） Sasol South Africa Limited (S.A.) SK E&S (KOR) SQM Industrial S.A. (CHL) Stanwell Corporation (AUS) The Hydrogen Utility (AUS) THERMON INC (US) Total Energies Japan S.A. (CHE) UGL Pty Limited (AUS) Vopak Asia Pte Ltd（SIN） Welspun New Energy Limited（IN） Woodside Energy (AUS) Yara International ASA (NOR) Honorary Member Osamu Ishitobi（Former President）
Associate Members （individual) Fumiteru Akamatsu Hideaki Kobayashi Hirofumi Taba Jyun Kubota Norihiko Nakamura Noritoshi Yagawa Suguru Kimura Yoshitsugu Kojima Advisory Members Bunro Shiozawa （ex-SIP Deputy PD) Kenichi Aika （ex-SIP Deputy PD) “Takeo Kikkawa (International University of Japan)” Tetsuro Hitoshi Aichi Prefectural Government Akita Industrial Technology Center Alberta Japan Office (CAN) Ammonia Energy Association （USA） Austrade Tokyo Office （Embassy） “Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry” CSIRO (AUS) Department of Science and Innovation (S.A.) Electric Power Research Institute (USA) Embassy of Canada to Japan Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Japan German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (AHK Japan)(GER) Government of Queensland (AUS) Government of South Australia (AUS) Government of Victoria（AUS） Government of Western Australia (AUS) Hokkaido Government Ibaraki Prefectural Government InvestChile（CHL） Japan Bank for International Japan Carbon Frontier Organization “Japan Fertilizer & Ammonia Producers Association” Japan Hydrogen Association (JH2A) new “Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security” “Japan Ship Technology Research Association” “National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology（AIST）” “National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology” New Zealand Embassy, Tokyo, Japan Niihama City “Norwegian Embassy (Innovation Norway, Japan)” Research Institute for Applied Sciences Royal Denmark Embassy in Japan Shin-Mutsu-Ogawara Inc. SHUNAN CITY The Australian Hydrogen Council(AHC) (AUS) “The High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan” The Institute of Applied Energy(IAE) The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan “THERMAL AND NUCLEAR POWERENGINEERING SOCIETY” TOMAKOMAI CITY “New Zealand Hydrogen Association(NZHA) (NZ)” YOKKAICHI CITY
Board Members
Idemitsu Kosan
IHI
ITOCHU
JERA
JGC HOLDINGS
Marubeni Corporation
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
MITSUI & CO.
Mitsui Chemicals
NYK Line
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL
Tokyo Gas
Toyo Engineering
General Members
ABE NIKKO KOGYO
AGC
Air Liquide Japan
Air Water Inc.
AISAN INDUSTRY
Aramco Asia Japan
Asahi Kasei
Asahi Tanker
BP Japan
Cataler
Chiyoda
Chubu Electric Power Company
CHUGAI RO
ConocoPhillips Japan
Cosmo Engineering
Cosmo Oil
Daihatsu Diesel
DAIICHI JITSUGYO
Diamond & Zebra Electric Mfg
CLEARIZE
EBARA
Electric Power Development
ENEOS
Emerson Japan
Fuji Car Manufacturing
Fuji Electric
Fuji Oil
Fujitsu
FUKUI SEISAKUSHO
GYXIS
HANWA
HAZAMA ANDO
HIROSHIMA GAS
Hitachi Industrial Products
Hitachi Zosen
Hokkaido Electric Power
Hokuriku Electric Power Company
HORIBA
IINO KAIUN
INPEX
ISHII IRON WORKS
Iwatani Corporation
Iwatani Gas
Japan Oil Engineering
Japan Oil Transportation
Japan Petroleum Exploration
JFE Engineering
JFE Steel
JGC Catalysts and Chemicals
Kajima
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
KOBELCO WIRE COMPANY
KOBE STEEL
Kowa Company
Kyushu Electric Power
LRQA Limited
MAEDA CORPORATION
Maruzen Petrochemical
MIKUNI KIKAI KOGYO
Mitsubishi Electric
MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL
Mitsubishi Materials
MITSUI E&S
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Mizuho Research & Technologies
MUFG Bank
NGK INSULATORS
NICHIAS
NIKKISO
Nikki-Universal
Nippon Kaiji Kentei Kyokai
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
Nippon Kayaku
Nippon Oil Pump
Nippon Paper Industries
NIPPON SHOKUBAI
NIPPON STEEL
NIPPON STEEL Pipeline & Engineering
NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel
NIPPON STEEL TRADING
Niterra
Nitto Denko
NRS CORPORATION
NS UNITED KAIUN KAISHA
OBAYASHI
Okinawa Electric Power
Osaka Gas
OVAL
Penta-Ocean Construction
Planning and Design Center for Greener Ships
Resonac Holdings Corporation
Safar International
Senko Line
Shell Japan
Shikoku Electric Power Company
Shimadzu
SHIMIZU
SHIN NIHON KENTEI KYOKAI
Shin Nippon Machinery
Shinsho Corporation
Shizuoka Gas
Sojitz
SUMITOMO CORPORATION
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction
Suzuyo Shoji
Taisei Corporation
TAIYO NIPPON SANSO
Takenaka
TB Global Technologies
TEIKOKU ELECTRIC MFG.
The Chugoku Electric Power Company
The Kansai Electric Power Company
thyssenkrupp nucera Japan
TOHO GAS
Tohoku-Electric Power
TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES
Toray Industries
Torishima Pump Mfg
TOYO KANETSU
TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS
TOYOTA ENERGY SOLUTIONS
TOYOTA INDUSTRIES
Toyota Tsusho Corporation
TSUKISHIMA KANKYO ENGINEERING
TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING
UBE Corporation
Uyeno Transtech
Vena Energy Japan
Wärtsilä Japan
Weathernews Inc.
YANMAR HOLDINGS
Yokogawa Electric
Associate Members (foreign companies)
“ACME Cleantech Solutions Private Limited (IND)”
Adani New Industries Limited (IN)
AES Andes (CHL)
AMEA Power LLC（UAE）
Amogy Inc（US)
Argus Media
AustriaEnergy International GmbH (AUT)
Avaada Green H2 Private Limited (IN)
Baker Hughes (UK, US)
CF Industries (US)
Chevron New Energy International Pte.Ltd.(SIN)
Clean Hydrogen Works (US)
DNV (NOR)
Energy North Pty Ltd. (AUS)
Engie – Hydrogen Business Unit (FRA)
Equinor ASA (NOR)
“ExxonMobil LNG Market Development Inc.（US）”
Fortescue Future Industries (AUS)
Hexagon Energy Materials Limited (AUS)
“Karachaganak Green Energy Corporation(KAZ)”
KBR,Inc.(US)
“Kellogg Brown & Root Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.(SIN)”
LSB INDUSTRIES (US)
Meridian Energy Itd（NZ）
Novatek Gas and Power Asia Pte. Ltd. (SIN)
NTPC (IND)
“NW interconnected Power Pty Ltd (Asian Renewable Energy Hub) (AUS)”
OCI N.V.（NLD）
Orica Limited （AUS）
Origin Energy Limited (AUS)
Pilot Energy Limited (AUS)
Purus Marine（UK）
Sasol South Africa Limited (S.A.)
SQM Industrial S.A. (CHL)
Stanwell Corporation (AUS)
The Hydrogen Utility (AUS)
THERMON INC (US)
Total Energies Japan S.A. (CHE)
UGL Pty Limited (AUS)
Vopak Asia Pte Ltd（SIN）
Woodside Energy (AUS)
Yara International ASA (NOR)
Honorary Member
Osamu Ishitobi（Former President）
Associate Members （individual)
Fumiteru Akamatsu
Hideaki Kobayashi
Hirofumi Taba
Jyun Kubota
Kiyohiko Nakae
Norihiko Nakamura
Suguru Kimura
Yoshitsugu Kojima
Advisory Members
Bunro Shiozawa （ex-SIP Deputy PD)
Kenichi Aika （ex-SIP Deputy PD)
“Takeo Kikkawa (International University of Japan)”
Aichi Prefectural Government
Akita Industrial Technology Center
Alberta Japan Office (CAN)
Ammonia Energy Association （USA）
Austrade Tokyo Office （Embassy）
“Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry”
