Kawasaki Heavy Industries Agrees to Develop, Deploy Post-Combustion Capture Technology

Low Emission Technology Australia (LETA) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) signed a memorandum of understanding to reduce emissions from heavy industries. The agreement establishes cooperation in the development and deployment of post-combustion capture (PCC) technology, which reduces emissions by capturing CO₂ at the source and prevents atmospheric dispersal.

“It is our honor to have this opportunity to work with LETA for the development and deployment of technology for PCC together,” said Katsuki Yasuhara, Senior Manager, Carbon Neutral Business Strategy Office of Kawasaki. “We believe the collaboration of Kawasaki’s carbon capture technology and LETA will accelerate decarbonization across the globe starting from Australia and Japan.”

KHI is attempting to reduce global CO₂ emissions and contribute to a net-zero carbon society through its technologies, such as Kawasaki CO₂ Capture. LETA is also developing decarbonization technologies in Australia and internationally with global trading partners.

Kawasaki CO₂ capture system; image credit: KHI

“We are proud to have formalized our working relationship with Kawasaki,” said Mark McCallum, Chief Executive of LETA. “Kawasaki is a leading innovator in low emission technology, and we share a commitment to a net-zero future for heavy industry. We are looking forward to working with Kawasaki to further develop PCC technology and explore its potential to decarbonize industry in both Japan and Australia.”

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In late January 2024, KHI agreed to begin demonstration tests in April for the Suiso Platform, which is a digital management system that the company developed to enable centralized hydrogen distribution management and support hydrogen trading domestically and internationally. Hydrogen trading is expected to increase on a global scale and to address this, KHI is building a digital platform and planning related services for hydrogen suppliers, business operators, and hydrogen users with the goal of offering efficient centralized management of data and the supply chain information.

Tracking this data will ensure traceability for low-carbon hydrogen, visualize complex hydrogen distribution, and facilitate concise hydrogen trading. KHI also plans to launch four additional services and expand its service offerings to meet market demand. The four services will support hydrogen trading, low-carbon hydrogen certification applications, assessment and management of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon intensity and ensure traceability through the digital management of attribute information.

Also in January, KHI, Toyo Engineering, JGC Corp., and Chiyoda Corp. signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to enhance the front-end engineering design (FEED) execution for a liquefied hydrogen supply chain. The supply chain is currently under development by Japan Suiso Energy (JSE). With KHI leading the project execution, the companies will conduct the required FEED to realize a demonstration of commercial operations for a variety of hydrogen-based assets.

These assets include two hydrogen liquefaction plants capable of processing 60 tons per day, five onshore liquefied hydrogen storage tanks with a capacity of 10,000 m³ each, export terminal facilities for large, liquefied hydrogen carriers, and related facilities at the liquefaction/export terminal in Hastings, Australia.In addition to executing the FEED, the partners will assess the optimal equipment requirements, specifications, and costs for demonstration tests to commercialize JSE’s liquefied hydrogen supply chain.