Larsen & Toubro, ITOCHU: renewable ammonia in Kandla
By on August 18, 2025
MoU to develop 300,000 tons per year project in western India
Click to learn more. Larsen & Toubro and ITOCHU will develop a renewable ammonia plant on India’s west coast.
Larsen & Toubro Energy GreenTech and ITOCHU Corporation will develop and commercialise a 300,000 tons per year renewable ammonia plant in Kandla, Gujarat, on India’s west coast. The news comes a few weeks after ITOCHU signed a world-first contract for construction of a 5000 m3 ammonia-fueled, ammonia bunkering vessel, set to be delivered by September 2027 and operational in Singapore shortly thereafter.
As the global energy landscape shifts decisively towards sustainability, L&T remains deeply committed to driving the clean energy transition through innovation, strategic partnerships, and engineering excellence. The partnership with ITOCHU reflects L&T’s larger vision of enabling a cleaner, greener future through sustainable business focus.
Subramanian Sarma, Deputy Managing Director & President L&T, in his organisation’s official press release, 13 Aug 2025
Through this joint development with one of the largest and most respected companies in India’s private sector, L&T Group, our initiatives to introduce low-carbon ammonia to the maritime sector as an alternative zero-emission fuel will be reinforced. With this collaboration, Kandla, located on the west coast of India, will become the principal production centre of green ammonia for ITOCHU’s bunkering operations in Singapore.
Hiroyuki Tsubai, Executive Vice President, Member of the Board, President, Machinery Company of ITOCHU Corporation, in L&T’s official press release, 13 Aug 2025
According to media reports, L&T has plans to invest ₹48,000 crore ($5.66 billion) over the next ten years to build six ammonia production facilities at Deendayal Port near Kandla, each with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year. Not only can these plants serve marine fuel and bunker demand, but the ammonia can be exported to global markets via ITOCHU’s established global infrastructure network for ammonia transportation.