NH3 Clean Energy advances CCS-based project in Western Australia
By on February 24, 2025
Pre-FEED work complete, export facilities under discussion, gas supply secured
Click to learn more. NH3 Clean Energy has announced a series of updates on its under-development project in Western Australia.
NH3 Clean Energy (a re-brand of Hexagon Energy Materials) has advanced development of its CCS-based ammonia project in Australia. The WAH2 Clean Energy Project will be part of the larger Pilbara Hydrogen Hub, utilising gas and permanent sequestration to produce low-emission ammonia for export to the Asian power generation market. In recent months, project developments include:
- completion of pre-FEED work by Petrofac, in collaboration with ammonia synthesis technology provider Topsoe. Pre-FEED analysis indicates that project output would be 650,000 tons per year of CCS-based ammonia, an improvement on original estimates. FEED work is scheduled to begin soon, lasting approximately twelve months.
- an MoU with Pilbara Ports to explore options for the export of ammonia via the Port of Dampier Bulk Liquids Berth. The pair will explore ship loading for both export and bunkering customers. The Port of Dampier is the epicenter of ammonia bunkering developments in Australia, with a ship-to-ship transfer demonstration recently undertaken by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation and partners.
- an agreement with Chevron for long-term gas feedstock supply to the project.
- and a collaboration with the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) to explore the development and funding of a CO2 transmission pipeline, linking the production project with either of two third-party sequestration projects underway nearby. The pipeline would be built, owned and operated by AGIG.
Pre-FEED has provided the level of auditable technical and financial detail that potential strategic partners and customers require to be able to make their engagement decisions. The study has identified many opportunities to improve the economics of the project, not least an 8% increase in output for essentially the same plant and inputs. The scale and projected low cost of production has really started to attract the attention of our target market and international players in the industry. We look forward to progressing the project further as we head into FEED and towards FID.
NH3 Clean Energy Chairman Charles Whitfield, in his organisation’s official press release, 24 Feb 2025