GE Vernova will collaborate with Japanese integrated heavy industry group IHI Corp. to develop a retrofittable 100% ammonia-capable gas turbine combustion system that would be compatible with GE’s 6F.03, 7F, and 9F models, targeting a potential commercially available product by 2030.
The companies on Jan. 24 signed a joint development agreement (JDA) that formally launched technology development and engineering work for the novel combustor. The effort will also include a “significant amount of combustion test work that will happen at IHI facilities in Japan,” Jeffrey Goldmeer, GE Vernova director of Hydrogen Value Chain, told POWER. “So we’re really taking this from the investigation stage and discussions of a technology roadmap to now the execution phase, and that’s incredibly exciting,” he said.
