Samsung E&A held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 500,000 tons per year CCS-based ammonia Wabash Low Carbon Ammonia project in Indiana, USA. In other ground breaking news, the first major equipment was erected for AM Green Ammonia’s 1.5 million tons per year renewable ammonia project in Kakinada, India.
Shenzhen Energy’s integrated 150,000 tons per year renewable ammonia production project has been successfully connected to the grid in China, as one of the National Energy Administration’s first approved hydrogen pilot projects.
Burckhardt Compression will supply compression technology to Itochu’s under development ammonia bunkering vessel. The vessel is under construction by Sasaki Shipbuilding and is scheduled for delivery in 2027.
Envision Energy has released further details about its AI architecture, with two “foundation models” working in tandem to optimize renewable energy inputs for ammonia production, potentially unlocking millions of tons of production potential in China. Meanwhile, KBR and UK-based Applied Computing will combine AI capabilities with an existing digital control platform, allowing users to optimize operations.
Provided robust safeguards are in place, ammonia ship-to-ship transfers are technically and operationally feasible at Raffles Reserve Anchorage in Singapore. Combined HAZID and HAZOP analyses identified zero high-level risks and eleven medium-level risks, and the report includes a series of detailed operational recommendations for the first pilot ammonia StS transfer in Singapore port.
The 4 ton per day project will be fed by an adjacent alkaline electrolysis plant. Led by JGC and key chemicals manufacturer Asahi Kasei, lessons from the demonstrator will be applied to another large pilot for green chemical production planned for next year.
Wärtsilä will provide its four-stroke, ammonia-powered engine to Skarv Shipping Solutions for deployment on a new timber transport vessel to be built in China. Delivery of the full equipment set – including fuel gas supply system, release mitigation system, and a selective catalytic reduction system for exhaust treatment – is anticipated in late 2026.
In our January episode of Project Features, we explored a now-operational renewable ammonia project in Uzbekistan, the historical use of water electrolysis for hydrogen, ammonia and fertilizer production, and future plans in the Central Asian nation.
In our latest technology landscape analysis, AEA Technology Manager Kevin Rouwenhorst explores four broad categories for novel ammonia production technologies: improved catalysts, sorbent enhancement, electrochemical ammonia synthesis, and other technology pathways (including geological, single-step and looping synthesis).
Time-charter contracts covering a total of four vessels have been signed with NYK Bulkship and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines to transport ammonia from Louisiana to JERA’s Hekinan Thermal Power Station in Hekinan City, Japan.