Fed directly by fluctuating renewable power inputs, the plant is designed to optimize electrolysis and ammonia production.
The long-term, binding offtake agreement has been signed for renewable ammonia produced at AM Green’s under-development facility in Kakinada, India. 500,000 tons per year of RFNBO-certified ammonia will be shipped to Europe as early as 2028. The agreement has been in the works since 2023.
Via ENOVA, the Norwegian government has awarded $43 million to Azane for the development of three ammonia terminals, and $29 million to Amon Maritime for the construction of three new ammonia-powered bulk carriers.
LBC Tank Terminals and duisport will jointly develop an inland ammonia terminal in Duisburg, connecting the key industrial hub to an under-development ammonia import, storage and cracking terminal in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.
Two Namibia-based renewable ammonia projects – Hyphen Hydrogen Energy and Zhero Molecules Walvis Bay – have received development funding from the African Development Bank and the SDG Namibia One Fund, respectively.
Uniper and thyssenkrupp Uhde have reached an agreement to deploy six ammonia cracking plants around Europe, with a combined cracking capacity of up to 7,200 tons per day of ammonia.
At its pilot plant at the Nagasaki District Research & Innovation Center, MHI has successfully produced 99% pure hydrogen via cracking ammonia powered by steam-based heating. The company and its partners will work towards the development of commercial medium-scale, decentralized ammonia cracking systems.
In our December episode of Project Features, we explore ammonia energy R&D, pioneering demonstration plants, and start-up companies originating from the University of Minnesota, USA.
Mitsui & Co. and JERA announced that they have been awarded CfD funds by the Japanese government to support the import of CCS-based ammonia from the Blue Point project in Louisiana, USA. By 2030 (2029 in JERA’s case), full supply chains will be established to import the ammonia into Japan, for use in the power generation, cement manufacturing, and other industrial sectors.
Anglo-Eastern announced that the first cohort has successfully completed its inaugural Pilot Training Course on Ammonia as a Marine Fuel. Already the ship manager for the ammonia-fueled vessel Fortescue Green Pioneer, Anglo-Eastern will soon take on that responsibility for a series of vessels coming out of Chinese shipyards, managing vessels for CMB.TECH.