Backed by the German Federal Government, MAN Energy Solutions will lead a consortium building on previous work to design and test an ammonia-powered four-stroke engine for marine applications.
Latvia-based PurpleGreen Energy will deliver 550,000 tons per year of ammonia over a twenty-year contract period to German energy trader Select Energy. The under-development renewable ammonia production plant at the Port of Ventspils on the Baltic Sea is scheduled to begin operations in early 2029, powered by renewable electricity from Latvia’s national grid.
Topsoe’s SOE manufacturing plant in Herning, Denmark is on-track to begin operations this year, with the first 100 MW of units to be delivered in early 2025 to First Ammonia for its renewable ammonia production project in Port of Victoria, Texas.
Yara is expanding its capabilities for import of low-emission ammonia across Europe, with new infrastructure and a series of offtake agreements already announced in 2024. Hear more from Yara Clean Ammonia CEO Hans Olav Raen at our upcoming annual conference.
Ohmium will develop 300 MW of PEM electrolyser capacity for SwitcH2’s offshore hydrogen and ammonia production vessel. Moored off the coast of southern Europe, the 268m-long vessel will be powered by nearshore renewable energy, and the electrolysers fed by desalinated seawater, producing enough ammonia to “fuel multiple oceangoing vessels for a full year”.
In this Technology Insights article, we explore the different technology options for low-emission ammonia production from gas feedstock. What are the different energy, carbon capture, scale and maturity trade-offs that need to be considered? What technology choices are project developers currently making?
BASF has successfully delivered its first shipment of BMBcertTM grade ammonia to Evonik. Produced via a “biomass balanced approach”, the ammonia will be used by Evonik to manufacture a range of products, including resins, paints, shoe soles, and gas pipes.
