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    The Newcastlemax vessel is expected to be delivered to Fortescue by the end of 2026, and will feature WinGD’s X‑DF‑A dual-fuel engine. The vessel is one of a series under construction at Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding in China.

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    Julian Atchison February 24, 2025

    Newly-passed legislation has established the Hydrogen Production Tax Incentive in Australia, worth AU$2 per kg of renewable hydrogen produced for up to ten years per selected project.

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    Geofrey Njovu January 16, 2025

    The Industrial Transitions Accelerator has chosen Brazil as the first country partner in its “Project Support Programme”. Four renewable hydrogen, ammonia, fertilizer and methanol projects have been selected to receive support in advancing towards FID.  Also in Brazil, developers Fuella and Yamna have launched renewable ammonia production projects in the Ports of Pecém and Açu.

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    COP29: global shipping leaders join call to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission fuels
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    COP29: global shipping leaders join call to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission fuels

    Julian Atchison November 28, 2024

    More than 50 leaders across the shipping value chain joined a Call to Action to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission fuels. Amongst the signatories of the Call to Action was Fortescue, which now has partnerships with Höegh Autoliners and COSCO Shipping to accelerate the deployment of ammonia-powered vessels.

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    Hydrom picks two new mega ammonia projects for Oman
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    Hydrom picks two new mega ammonia projects for Oman

    Geofrey Njovu May 16, 2024

    Hydrom, Oman’s dedicated government development vehicle for low-carbon hydrogen, has awarded land to two projects. Actis and Fortescue will develop about 4.5 GW of wind and solar energy to power the production of more than 1 million ton tons of ammonia per year. With the same wind and solar energy capacity, EDF, J-Power and Yamna will develop a similarly-sized, 1 million ton per-year ammonia plant.

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    OCP & Fortescue: hydrogen and ammonia production in Morocco
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    OCP & Fortescue: hydrogen and ammonia production in Morocco

    Geofrey Njovu April 23, 2024

    The joint venture between Fortescue and OCP will supply hydrogen, ammonia and fertiliser to the Moroccan market and beyond. Meanwhile in Australia, Fortescue’s recently opened electrolyser production facility will produce 2 GW of PEM electrolysers per year.

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    The Fortescue Green Pioneer sails in Singapore harbor on ammonia fuel

    Julian Atchison March 19, 2024

    Fortescue Future Industries, Maritime and Port Authority Singapore and a host of supporting organisations announced a world-first marine trial in Singapore harbor last week. The vessel sailed on ammonia and diesel dual-fuel in harbor waters, after being loaded with liquid ammonia fuel at Vopak’s Banyan Terminal on Jurong Island. Two years of vessel development and months of safety and training exercises led up to the trial. MPA and Fortescue report that post-combustion NOx levels from the vessel met local air quality standards for Singapore, with further emissions treatment measures to be applied.

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    Fortescue: progress for Norwegian renewable ammonia project
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    Fortescue: progress for Norwegian renewable ammonia project

    Geofrey Njovu January 09, 2024

    Fortescue is developing a 225,000 tonnes per year renewable ammonia project in western Norway. The Holmaneset Project has received over €200 million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. Fortescue also secured 300 MW renewable power supply from Statkraft.

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    Fortescue: Green Pioneer sails to Dubai for COP28

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    Following a successful engine retrofit, FFI’s dual fuel vessel debuted at COP28 this month. Unable to run on or carry ammonia fuel due to restrictions from local authorities, FFI Chairman Andrew Forrest called for the world’s ports to catch-up to technological progress and update their regulations. FFI will also be a key part of the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub (one of seven hubs awarded funding by the US DoE), and has added to its vertical integration capabilities with the opening of a new technical innovation centre in the UK.

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    Investments in mega-project deployment & US-based electrolyser manufacturing
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    Investments in mega-project deployment & US-based electrolyser manufacturing

    Julian Atchison October 11, 2023

    GIC & Hy24 will invest $115 million to accelerate the deployment of InterContinental Energy’s portfolio of ammonia mega-projects. In the USA, Electric Hydrogen has closed a $380 million Series C funding round, accelerating plans to build a gigafactory in Massachusetts and deliver its first PEM electrolysers in 2024.

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    CSIRO: new progress in ammonia energy
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    CSIRO: new progress in ammonia energy

    Julian Atchison July 05, 2023

    Australia’s national research organisation CSIRO is contributing valuable R&D across the hydrogen and ammonia value chains. At Ammonia Energy APAC 2023, we’ll hear updates on some key ammonia energy projects at CSIRO: small-scale production, combustion engines, and fuel cells, as well as an ongoing partnership with Fortescue Future Industries to develop & deploy metal membrane technology for ammonia cracking systems.

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    The Pilbara Hydrogen Hub
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    The Pilbara Hydrogen Hub

    Julian Atchison June 06, 2023

    The West Australian state government has allocated land to four organisations as it progresses development of the Pilbara Hydrogen Hub. Fortescue Future Industries, Yara, Hexagon and Perdaman have all been selected to participate, adding to the list of ammonia projects already underway in the region.

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    Hyphen secures further off-take for Namibian mega-project
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    Hyphen secures further off-take for Namibian mega-project

    Julian Atchison February 07, 2023

    Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has signed off-take MoUs with a major chemical company and South Korean hydrogen producer Approtium bringing the total off-take for their Namibian mega-project to just over one million tonnes of renewable ammonia each year. Also in Namibia, Fortescue Future Industries will support the early stages of the new Daures Green Hydrogen Village project.

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    Pertamina explores new hydrogen & ammonia projects in Indonesia
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    Pertamina explores new hydrogen & ammonia projects in Indonesia

    Julian Atchison December 02, 2022

    At the G20 summit in Indonesia, Pertamina has signed two separate agreements: one with Chevron & Keppel Infrastructure to develop a geothermal ammonia production plant, and one with Aramco to explore potential CCUS ammonia production projects. Also at the G20 summit, Fortescue Future Industries & Indonesian steel maker PT Gunung Raja Paksi Tbk agreed to explore the decarbonisation of steel making in Indonesia using hydrogen & ammonia fuel.

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    COP27: raised ambitions for Africa
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    COP27: raised ambitions for Africa

    Julian Atchison December 01, 2022

    Fortescue Future Industries and the Kenyan government will develop a 300 MW, geothermal-powered ammonia & fertiliser production plant. The project is part of a larger pipeline (25 GW) of renewable energy generation being explored by FFI and Kenya. In Mauritania, bp will explore the potential for large-scale renewable hydrogen production, and a new report from Masdar has laid out the opportunities on offer for Africa: as much as 10% of the global renewable hydrogen market by 2050, or 60 million tonnes per year.

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    COP27: Egyptian production projects
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    COP27: Egyptian production projects

    Julian Atchison November 30, 2022

    This week we explore three ammonia production announcements from Egypt at COP27. The “Egypt Green” integrated hydrogen plant has been commissioned in Ain Sokhna, and will shortly begin supplying renewable hydrogen to two nearby ammonia plants. AMEA Power has agreed to develop an 800,000 tonnes per year ammonia production project (also in Ain Sokhna), and Fortescue Future Industries will explore the feasibility of multiple renewable projects across the country.

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    Siemens Energy begins work on commercial cracker prototype
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    Siemens Energy begins work on commercial cracker prototype

    Julian Atchison November 18, 2022

    Siemens Energy, Fortescue Future Industries and GeoPura are developing a £3.5 million ammonia cracker prototype in Newcastle, UK. The prototype will deliver 200 kg of high-purity, PEM-suitable hydrogen fuel per day, and will be based on Fortescue’s “Metal Membrane Technology” (MMT) purification process. GeoPura will act as offtaker for the prototype facility, with the hydrogen to be used as in its Hydrogen Power Unit fuel cell technology.

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    Fortescue explores ammonia production in Oakajee, Western Australia
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    Fortescue explores ammonia production in Oakajee, Western Australia

    Julian Atchison October 28, 2022

    FFI is among six organisations to be allocated land in the Oakajee Strategic Industrial Area, about four hundred kilometers north of Western Australia’s capital city Perth. Oakajee SIA is adjacent to huge solar & wind generating potential, and is envisioned to become a renewable hydrogen-based industrial precinct & export hub.

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    Julian Atchison October 19, 2022

    Fortescue Future Industries and Incitec Pivot will progress plans to convert the Gibson Island ammonia production facility to run on renewable hydrogen feedstock. A grant from Australian government body ARENA will help FEED work begin immediately, with FID expected around 2025. We also explore more renewable project updates from Peru and Chile.

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    Fortescue & Deutsche Bahn to develop ammonia-powered trains in Germany
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    Julian Atchison October 10, 2022

    Deutsche Bahn and Fortescue Future Industries will collaborate to modify existing locomotive diesel engines to run on hydrogen & ammonia fuel. The pair will utilise Ammonigy’s ammonia cracking technology in their design, with a prototype, bench-top engine currently undergoing testing in Germany. This week FFI also signed an agreement to develop a new energy import terminal in Wilhelmshaven.

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    New Canadian export projects unveiled
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    New Canadian export projects unveiled

    Julian Atchison September 14, 2022

    Last month, four significant production projects were announced in Canada’s maritime provinces:

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    • And the Spirit of Scotia: a sprawling, GW-scale renewable hydrogen project being developed by Green Hydrogen International.

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    Fortescue, AGL to explore decarbonisation in the Hunter Valley
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    Fortescue, AGL to explore decarbonisation in the Hunter Valley

    Julian Atchison August 18, 2022

    Australian energy giant AGL will team up with Fortescue Future Industries to explore the feasibility of industrial-scale production of renewable hydrogen & ammonia in the Hunter Valley near Newcastle, Australia. AGL’s existing Liddell power station is due to close next year and begin conversion into the Hunter Energy Hub, with grid-scale batteries, wind & solar generation, clean industry and hydrogen & ammonia production to replace the coal-fired facility. Origin Energy, Orica, Incitec Pivot Limited and Keppel Infrastructure are already exploring similar plans in the area, based on existing ammonia production plants at Kooragang Island near Newcastle.

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    Ammonia policy in Australia
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    Ammonia policy in Australia

    Julian Atchison August 10, 2022

    Concrete steps are being taken on ammonia and ammonia-related policy in Australia. In late 2021, the New South Wales state government launched its Hydrogen Strategy, adding to the list of state-based strategies announced around the country. There is also a high level of industry interest within NSW to develop significant hydrogen (and ammonia) hubs, and renewable energy generation. Federally, all eyes are on the Clean Energy Regulator as they develop the Guarantee of Origin certification scheme, which is soon to begin looking at low and zero-carbon ammonia production. To explore how these policy pieces are coming together, we welcome Matt Baumgurtel (Hamilton Locke), Michael Probert (NSW OECC), Cameron Mathie (CER), Dane Halstead (FFI) and panel chair Andrea Valentini (Argus Media). We also welcome Argus Media as Ruby Sponsors of this year’s conference. Join us in-person or online at 9AM on Thursday 25 August to learn more.

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    Ammonia solutions for the UK construction industry
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    Ammonia solutions for the UK construction industry

    Julian Atchison July 19, 2022

    The UK government will fund a new red diesel replacement project from engine developers MAHLE Powertrain and partners Clean Air Power and the University of Nottingham. The trio will demonstrate decarbonisation of heavy duty engines using ammonia and hydrogen fuel, or a blend of the two. Fortescue Future Industries and Liebherr are also involved in the decarbonisation of the UK construction sector, with agreements on hydrogen fuel supply & engine development signed last October. Fuel cells also enter this mix, with AFC Energy currently rolling out off-grid, ammonia-powered gensets on construction sites in London and Madrid.

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    Fortescue secures German off-taker for five million tonnes green hydrogen per year
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    Fortescue secures German off-taker for five million tonnes green hydrogen per year

    Julian Atchison March 30, 2022

    Fortescue Future Industries and German energy giant E.ON have signed a significant hydrogen supply & distribution agreement this week. Aiming to begin as quickly as possible, by 2030 FFI will ramp up supply to 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen to Europe per year for distribution by E.ON.

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    Fortescue begins work on Queensland electrolyser plant
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    Fortescue begins work on Queensland electrolyser plant

    Julian Atchison March 02, 2022

    Fortescue Future Industries’ 2 GW per annum electrolyser manufacturing plant in Queensland has officially broken ground in construction, and is on track to begin operations next year. FFI and Plug Power are equal partners in the electrolyser plant, which will manufacture Plug Power’s electrolyser units. The first electrolyser units off the process line in 2023 have already been earmarked for installation at FFI’s planned green hydrogen production facility in Gibson Island, Brisbane, next door to Incitec Pivot Limited’s existing ammonia plant. Agreements between FFI and state-owned power utilities were signed this week to plug Gibson Island electrolysers into Queensland’s power grid.

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    Fortescue and Covestro enter into long-term off take agreement
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    Fortescue and Covestro enter into long-term off take agreement

    Julian Atchison January 18, 2022

    Fortescue Future Industries and German-based polymer manufacturer Covestro have entered into a long-term agreement for the supply of green hydrogen and derivatives, particularly green ammonia. Up to 100,000 tonnes per year of green hydrogen will be delivered to Covestro locations in Asia, Europe and North America, possibly commencing in 2024.

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    Fortescue's ammonia locomotive one step closer
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    Fortescue's ammonia locomotive one step closer

    Julian Atchison January 12, 2022

    R&D for ammonia-powered locomotives is full steam ahead in Perth, as Fortescue Future Industries moves onto converting two four-stroke, diesel locomotives to run on ammonia fuel. Deployment of an ammonia-powered demonstration locomotive within their current rail operations is planned for later this year. In other FFI news this week, a technical feasibility study has given the thumbs up for FFI to convert Incitec Pivot's existing Gibson Island ammonia production plant to a green ammonia facility, and a new agreement between Australian energy giant AGL and FFI will see the pair turn the current Liddell and Bayswater coal power stations into a huge green hydrogen hub near Newcastle, NSW.

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    Plug Power to deliver electrolysers for Egyptian green ammonia project
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    Plug Power to deliver electrolysers for Egyptian green ammonia project

    Julian Atchison November 30, 2021

    A Fertiglobe-led consortium has selected US-based Plug Power to supply 100 MW of PEM electrolysers for a new green ammonia project adjacent to EBIC's ammonia plant in Ain Sokhna, Egypt. At full capacity, the project will generate enough green hydrogen feedstock to produce 90,000 tonnes of ammonia per year. The consortium partners are targeting a start date of 2024 for operations, though enough construction work will be completed at the facility to showcase it at next year's COP.

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    Fortescue Future Industries powers ahead on green ammonia
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    Fortescue Future Industries powers ahead on green ammonia

    Julian Atchison November 17, 2021

    Fortescue Future Industries has been hitting the Ammonia Energy headlines of late. All of these various announcements point towards a singular target, announced in June by Fortescue Chairman Andrew Forrest: the supply of 15 million tonnes green hydrogen to global markets by 2030. Taken on their own these are significant steps, but COP26 was also the stage for a number of other significant ammonia and hydrogen-related announcements by FFI. Over the last fortnight we've seen the launch of green ammonia production projects in Papua New Guinea, Jordan & Argentina, buyers announced for a full 10% of FFI's global green hydrogen production, a partnership to decarbonise aviation and more developments in the electrolyser space.

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    Fortescue, LMG Marin and Eidesvik to launch ammonia-powered ships
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    Fortescue, LMG Marin and Eidesvik to launch ammonia-powered ships

    Julian Atchison November 17, 2021

    Four ammonia-powered ships were announced this week, with a mixture of retrofits and newbuilds. Fortescue Future Industries will convert the MMA Leveque to run on near 100% ammonia fuel within 12 months. Grieg Maritime and Wartsila's MS Green Ammonia vessel has a designer, with LMG Marin engaged to complete a concept by mid next year. And Eidesvik, Aker BP and Alma (formerly Prototech AS) have joined forces to deploy the ammonia-fed fuel cell technology being developed for the Viking Energy project.

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    Woodside outlines scale for green ammonia project in Tasmania
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    Woodside outlines scale for green ammonia project in Tasmania

    Julian Atchison November 16, 2021

    Woodside Energy secured land this week for its H2TAS project in Bell Bay, Tasmania. A long-term lease on a partially-cleared project site nearby the Bell Bay Advanced Manufacturing Zone will be home to up to 1.7 GW of electrolysers, and a target production of 200,000 tonnes per year green ammonia. Last month Woodside also announced the H2Perth project: a world-scale, 1,500 tonnes per day hydrogen production facility aimed at local markets for refueling fuel cell vehicles, and international markets via export in the form of liquefied hydrogen or ammonia.

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    First Movers Coalition launches at COP26
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    First Movers Coalition launches at COP26

    Julian Atchison November 04, 2021

    Thirty-four leading global organisations, the World Economic Forum and the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry have founded a new group: the First Movers Coalition. The group's purpose is to invest in green technologies so they are available for massive scale-up by 2030, allowing for rapid decarbonisation of the hardest-to-abate industries. The implications for ammonia energy are huge, as many of the group's founding members are already deeply involved in the space.

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    Transhydrogen Alliance to invest $2 billion in Brazil
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    Transhydrogen Alliance to invest $2 billion in Brazil

    Julian Atchison November 04, 2021

    The Transhydrogen Alliance - a consortium formed this year by Proton Ventures, Trammo DMCC and Varo Energy - will invest $2 billion in green hydrogen production at the Pecém Complex in the Brazilian state of Ceará. The project's aim is to produce 500,000 tonnes per year of green hydrogen, which will be converted to 2.5 million tonnes of green ammonia for import to Europe via the Port of Rotterdam.

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    Three new Australian ammonia production projects
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    Three new Australian ammonia production projects

    Julian Atchison October 15, 2021

    Three renewable and carbon-negative ammonia production projects to explore this week in Australia: Gibson Island (Incitec Pivot and Fortescue Future Industries), Bundaberg and Port Anthony (both CAC-H2 joint ventures).

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    Fortescue plans mega electrolyser production plant for Queensland
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    Fortescue plans mega electrolyser production plant for Queensland

    Julian Atchison October 14, 2021

    As part of a new partnership with the Queensland state government, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) announced plans for the world's largest electrolyser, renewable industry and equipment factory in Gladstone. It's been a big week for electrolyser production announcements, with new, GW-scale production facilities planned for Germany and India.

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    bp & ARENA confirm feasibility of large-scale green ammonia production in Western Australia
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    bp & ARENA confirm feasibility of large-scale green ammonia production in Western Australia

    Julian Atchison August 18, 2021

    bp and ARENA's eighteen-month feasibility study into the Geraldton Export-Scale Renewable Investment (GERI) project wrapped up this week - with encouraging results. The two organisations conclude that "Western Australia is an ideal place to develop large scale renewable energy assets that can in turn produce green hydrogen and/or green ammonia for domestic and export markets".

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    Origin Energy and Mitsui O.S.K. to collaborate on green ammonia
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    Origin Energy and Mitsui O.S.K. to collaborate on green ammonia

    Julian Atchison August 17, 2021

    Australia-based Origin Energy and shipping company Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) have joined forces to explore where they can develop the green ammonia supply chain between Australia and Asia. The new joint study (to be completed by the end of this year) will also determine the feasibility of Australian green ammonia export projects supplying key markets by 2026.

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    Fortescue ammonia announcements in India and New Zealand
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    Fortescue ammonia announcements in India and New Zealand

    Julian Atchison August 05, 2021

    Two new partnerships for Fortescue Future Industries this week. In India, they will partner with JSW Energy will partner up to explore opportunities to develop green hydrogen projects, while in New Zealand they will work with the local Māori community (Murihiku Hapu of Ngāi Tahu) on a proposal to construct a large-scale green hydrogen project in Southland, to be operational by 2025.

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    Exploring an ammonia fuel supply chain between Australia and Japan
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    Exploring an ammonia fuel supply chain between Australia and Japan

    Julian Atchison July 30, 2021

    Woodside Energy, JOGMEC, Marubeni and two Japanese power utilities signed a joint research agreement this week to investigate the feasibility of a blue ammonia supply chain between Australia and Japan.

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    Another Green Supergiant for InterContinental Energy: 50 GW, 20 million tonnes of green ammonia capacity
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    Another Green Supergiant for InterContinental Energy: 50 GW, 20 million tonnes of green ammonia capacity

    Julian Atchison July 13, 2021

    The first three projects from InterContinental's portfolio have now been announced. In 2014 there was the Asian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This May we reported on the announcement of the Oman mega-project. And this week InterContinental announced its newest Green Supergiant (and the second to be located in Western Australia): the Western Green Energy Hub.

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    Namibia looks towards its first green mega-project
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    Namibia looks towards its first green mega-project

    Julian Atchison July 11, 2021

    As we reported earlier this March, Namibian President Hage Geingob announced his government is looking to develop and implement national green hydrogen and green ammonia strategies as part of an economy-wide "prosperity" initiative. In an interview with CNBCAfrica this week, Presidential Advisor on Economy James Mnyupe added some more updates.

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    The Ammonia Wrap: an ammonia-powered shipping network in northern Europe and more
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    The Ammonia Wrap: an ammonia-powered shipping network in northern Europe and more

    Julian Atchison July 07, 2021

    This week: an ammonia-powered shipping network in northern Europe, Sluiskil update, green projects in Uruguay, green ammonia in Ireland: a new update!, Euronav to develop ammonia-powered tankers, ammonia part of Equinor's net-zero by 2050 strategy, H2Site to install first on-site crackers in France and updates from Australia.

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    The Ammonia Wrap: a roadmap for ammonia-fueled gas turbines in Asia and more
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    The Ammonia Wrap: a roadmap for ammonia-fueled gas turbines in Asia and more

    Julian Atchison June 23, 2021

    This week: a roadmap for ammonia-fueled gas turbines in Asia, ammonia solutions in Iceland, IMO sets new decarbonisation milestone, new ammonia-powered vessels planned, maritime study developments, Australian updates (Fortescue, AREH and Itochu in Gladstone), Fertiglobe joins Abu Dhabi blue ammonia project and Statkraft's Porsgrunn plans.

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    The Ammonia Wrap: green bunker fuel hub planned for the Baltic Sea
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    The Ammonia Wrap: green bunker fuel hub planned for the Baltic Sea

    Julian Atchison June 15, 2021

    News this week: future green bunker fuel hub planned for Bornholm, more Haldor Topsoe news, Australia partners up, 23 key players kick-off ammonia maritime fuel study, $100 billion hydro-hydrogen and ammonia in the DR Congo, Egypt planning $4 billion green hydrogen project, AP Ventures leads investment in Amogy, full steam ahead for MS Green Ammonia, new blue ammonia plant in Canada and new engineering contracts signed for key blue ammonia projects.

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    The Ammonia Wrap: no major obstacles for NoGAPS success and more
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    The Ammonia Wrap: no major obstacles for NoGAPS success and more

    Julian Atchison June 08, 2021

    Welcome to the Ammonia Wrap: a summary of all the latest announcements, news items and publications about ammonia energy. This week: latest report from NoGAPS, Viking Energy project takes another step, more collaborations for Yara, thyssenkrupp to invest in cracking R&D, investment in clean hydrogen technology in the USA, world-first visualisation of ammonia combustion in a spark-ignition engine and our numbers of the week.

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    The Ammonia Wrap: two new large-scale ammonia projects in the UAE and more
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    The Ammonia Wrap: two new large-scale ammonia projects in the UAE and more

    Julian Atchison May 26, 2021

    Welcome to the Ammonia Wrap: a summary of all the latest announcements, news items and publications about ammonia energy. This week: two new large-scale ammonia projects in the UAE, RWE, BASF combine for 2 GW "Offshore-to-X" project, green ammonia exports from Tasmania, coal co-combustion trials in Japan, Japanese shipping industry chases decarbonisation, South Korean companies join together in local green ammonia consortium, new funding for ammonia-from-wastewater research and Horisont Energi and Equinor join forces for the Polaris project.

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    The Korean New Deal and ammonia energy
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    The Korean New Deal and ammonia energy

    Julian Atchison April 15, 2021

    South Korea has featured in many Ammonia Energy news updates, but often in a scatter gun fashion that lacked the momentum of ammonia energy announcements coming from the other side of the Korea Strait. Now, South Korea is ready to step out from Japan’s shadow as a clean energy innovator and deployer in its own right. We’re seeing the beginnings of a well-articulated strategy to achieve society-wide decarbonisation in South Korea, with a starring role for clean hydrogen and clean ammonia.

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    The Ammonia Wrap: Japan developments, ammonia from wastewater, Fortescue's new carbon-neutral goal, project updates from Australia and H2Pro
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    The Ammonia Wrap: Japan developments, ammonia from wastewater, Fortescue's new carbon-neutral goal, project updates from Australia and H2Pro

    Julian Atchison March 18, 2021

    Welcome to the Ammonia Wrap: a summary of all the latest announcements, news items and publications about ammonia energy. This week: new Japanese developments, new AiP for ammonia-fueled vessel, Singapore bunkering study, new ammonia from wastewater initiative, Fortescue brings carbon neutrality goals forward to 2030, Australian project updates for Hazer and H2U, and H2Pro updates from Israel.

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    Ammonia Energy Live February - 2021
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    Ammonia Energy Live February - 2021

    Julian Atchison March 04, 2021

    Last week we presented the first episode in our monthly webinar series: Ammonia Energy Live. Every month we’ll explore the wonderful world of ammonia energy and the role it will play in global decarbonisation - with an Australian twist. To kick things off we wanted to set the scene for 2021 and give you a sense of where the ammonia transition is at - key projects, key milestones and things to be excited about going forward. And, since this is an Australian-focused series, we wanted to explore what’s important about Australia to the ongoing work of the AEA.

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    Cracking Ammonia: panel wrap-up from the Ammonia Energy Conference
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    Cracking Ammonia: panel wrap-up from the Ammonia Energy Conference

    Julian Atchison February 19, 2021

    When should we be cracking ammonia? How much should we be cracking? How could better cracking technologies open up new end uses? What are the critical challenges still to be overcome for cracking ammonia? On November 17, 2020, the Ammonia Energy Association (AEA) hosted a panel discussion moderated by Bill David from Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), as well as panel members Josh Makepeace from the University of Birmingham, Joe Beach from Starfire Energy, Gennadi Finkelshtain from GenCell Energy, Camel Makhloufi from ENGIE, and Michael Dolan from Fortescue as part of the recent Ammonia Energy Conference. All panelists agreed that cracking technology as it stands has a number of key areas to be optimised, particularly catalyst improvements and energy efficiency. But, successful demonstrations of modular, targeted cracking solutions are accelerating the conversation forward.

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    Ammonia as a fuel for Low-Carbon Mining
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    Ammonia as a fuel for Low-Carbon Mining

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    Fortescue Making Major Move into Green Energy
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    Fortescue Making Major Move into Green Energy

    Stephen H. Crolius November 19, 2020

    Last week the Sydney Morning Herald featured this headline: "Fortescue to take on fossil fuel giants with expansion into green energy." Bold words, but it turns out the headline does not overstate Fortescue’s ambitions for its new business, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI). “FFI will finance, develop and operate renewable energy projects including green hydrogen and green ammonia plants,” the accompanying story says, with the "aim to build 235 gigawatts of installed energy capacity.”

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    Hyundai joins Fortescue and CSIRO to
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    Hyundai joins Fortescue and CSIRO to "fast track" ammonia to high-purity hydrogen system

    Trevor Brown September 03, 2020

    Fortescue recently announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Motor Company and CSIRO for the “development and future commercialisation” of its metal membrane technology. This technology, which produces high-purity compressed hydrogen from liquid ammonia, was demonstrated in 2018. It enables PEM fuel cell vehicles to refuel using hydrogen that is generated on demand from ammonia. At scale, this technology could enable an ammonia-based hydrogen production, storage, and distribution infrastructure, lowering the barriers to implementation of a national network of hydrogen filling stations. Now, “Hyundai will seek to demonstrate the viability of the technology for renewable hydrogen production and vehicle fuelling in Korea.”

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    Green Ammonia Export from the Pilbara
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    Green Ammonia Export from the Pilbara

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    AEA Australia Announces 2020 Conference
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    AEA Australia Announces 2020 Conference

    Stephen H. Crolius August 06, 2020

    Pandemic or no pandemic, the Australian chapter of the Ammonia Energy Association (AEA Australia) will hold a second edition of its Ammonia = Hydrogen 2.0 Conference this year. The event will be held on a virtual basis on August 27 and 28 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (Australian Eastern Standard Time) each day. The conference tagline is “Building an energy export industry using Green Ammonia.” Its themes this year will be “green ammonia production — jobs for the regions;” “ammonia as maritime bunker fuel;” and “ammonia certification schemes.” The opening address, entitled “Ammonia — is it a fuel, or is it an energy carrier?” will be given by Alan Finkel, Chief Scientist of the Australian Government.

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    The mining industry: a driving force behind green ammonia
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    The mining industry: a driving force behind green ammonia

    Trevor Brown November 01, 2019

    ANNUAL REVIEW 2019: Ammonia is too often assumed to be only a fertilizer. This assumption overlooks other important uses for the chemical, large and small, in every corner of our economy. Some of the recent green ammonia announcements suggest that these other industries might, in fact, present better economic fundamentals for green ammonia investments than the fertilizer industry. Alternatively, these companies might have set their sights on becoming first movers in developing the commodities of the future. Time will tell but, if the last 12 months is any guide, the mining industry could be a force for change in the ammonia industry.

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    CSIRO Partner Revealed for NH3-to-H2 Technology
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    CSIRO Partner Revealed for NH3-to-H2 Technology

    Stephen H. Crolius November 28, 2018

    Last week Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) announced the formation of a partnership that will support commercialization of CSIRO’s high-purity ammonia-to-hydrogen conversion technology.  Michael Dolan, Principal Research Scientist for the ammonia-to-hydrogen project, had signaled such a development on the occasion of the technology’s first public demonstration in August 2018, saying in a contemporaneous Ammonia Energy post that the identity of “a major industrial partner” would be revealed shortly. The partner turns out to be Fortescue Metals Group (FMG).  A November 22 article in Business Insider Australia states that the company will invest “[AUD]$19.1 million [USD$13.8] in technology developed by the CSIRO to make hydrogen vehicles viable in a potential gamechanger for the transport industry.”

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