To be managed by the European Investment Bank, the grants include €35 million to Norwegian company Scatec for its under-development Egypt Green project in Ain Sokhna, with FID expected in the coming months.
Three successful recipients of the “Morocco Offer” last year, ORNX, TAQA Morocco and Moeve have progressed their large-scale renewable ammonia projects in Morocco’s south.
In a series of recent agreements, UAE-based ADNOC has reinforced an emerging, low-emission ammonia supply chain centred on the Middle East. After acquiring global polymer giant Covestro last year, two ADNOC subsidiaries – Covestro and Fertiglobe – will now collaborate on the supply of CCS and renewable ammonia from production sites in the Middle East to global locations.
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.
GreenGo Energy and SELECT Energy have signed a strategic partnership to develop a 4 million tons per year renewable ammonia project near Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott. The Mauritanian government has also reached a framework agreement with German developer Möhring Energie for the development of project NAYRAH, which will produce about 400,000 tons per year of renewable ammonia. This follows the government’s launch of its national “Green Hydrogen Code” in October this year.
Minbos Resources and Talus Renewable have signed an agreement for the joint development of the Capanda Green Ammonia Project in Angola. The project will be powered by hydroelectricity and is set to come online in 2028.
China-based Kaishan Group has signed an agreement to develop a 165 MW geothermal plant in Kenya to power renewable ammonia and fertiliser production.
Ammonia-fueled iron ore carriers could feasibly be deployed on the South Africa-Europe iron ore trade route as soon as 2029, and scale toward full route decarbonisation by 2035. Saldanha Bay is currently home to South Africa’s primary iron-ore export terminal, and could develop into a marine ammonia fuel bunker hub with the right policy support levers and investment.
Cleanergy’s integrated renewable pilot plant in Walvis Bay, Namibia is now online. The pilot is the first phase of a much larger project which will produce commercial scale renewable ammonia fuel: 185,000 tons per year by 2028.
Poland-based developer Hynfra has signed a framework agreement with the government of Mauritania for a renewable project near the capital city Nouakchott, producing 100,000 tons per year of renewable ammonia from 2030.