Site items in: Portugal

Article

ABB to support development of floating ammonia production

Julian Atchison October 13, 2025

ABB will engineer and supply automation and electrification technology solutions for SwitcH2’s under-development floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.

Article

Offshore renewable ammonia production on the horizon

Geofrey Njovu January 28, 2025

SwitcH2 Offshore and CorPower Ocean will develop a 300,000 tons per year offshore renewable ammonia production facility in Portugal, expected to become operational by 2029. Two separate partnerships - Samsung Heavy Industries & Lloyd’s Register, and MISC & Gentari - are also exploring similar floating production projects.

Article

New green maritime corridor to link Portugal with northern Europe

Julian Atchison January 23, 2025

Madoqua and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will lead development of the corridor. Industry partners in the consortium include financiers, terminal operators, Port authorities, alternative fuel producers and offtakers. The transportation of liquified CO₂ along the corridor will help establish a supply chain for sequestration of carbon emissions in Norway at Horisont Energi’s Gismarvik CO₂ hub.

Article

Renewable hydrogen and ammonia for Iberian, European and global markets

Kevin Rouwenhorst December 11, 2024

In our November episode of Project Features, we explored the MadoquaPower2X renewable ammonia project in Sines, southern Portugal. 300,000 tons per year of RFNBO-compliant ammonia will be produced for export to Rotterdam and Duisburg from 2028, focused on marine fuel and fertilizer markets in Europe.

Webinar

MadoquaPower2X: Renewable hydrogen and ammonia for Iberian, European and global markets

Julian Atchison

Meet MadoquaPower2X, which is developing a renewable hydrogen and ammonia project in Sines, southern Portugal. Starting from 2028, around 50,000 tons of renewable hydrogen will be produced to generate around 300,000 tons of decarbonized ammonia, targeting the maritime fuel and fertilizer markets in Europe and beyond.

Article

Taking the market’s temperature: European Hydrogen Bank awards €720 million

Oscar Pearce May 16, 2024

The European Hydrogen Bank has awarded nearly €720 million to seven renewable hydrogen and ammonia projects. The funding will act to bridge the price gap between the cost of hydrogen production and the price buyers are willing to pay. Recipients will receive €0.37 - €0.48 in subsidies per kilogram of renewable hydrogen, and will collectively produce 1.58 million tons of renewable hydrogen over ten years. In conducting a transparent auction process, the European Commission has also provided vital insights into trends in demand for renewable hydrogen and ammonia.

Article

MadoquaPower2X project progresses in Portugal

Julian Atchison April 04, 2024

Launched in 2022, MAIRE Tecnimont will complete FEED for the MadoquaPower2X project in Sines, Portugal, as well as an EPC proposal for construction. The project will feature up to 1 GW of alkaline electrolysis capacity, feeding the production of 300,000 tons per year of ammonia. Terminal facilities will include large-scale storage, enabling the export of ammonia to northwest Europe.

Article

Iberdrola and bp join forces in Europe

Julian Atchison August 08, 2022

Iberdrola and bp will form a new joint venture focused on renewable hydrogen, ammonia and methanol production. Hubs in the UK, Spain and Portugal will be powered by new-build renewable energy, with the first project to be development of a renewable hub at bp’s existing Castellón refinery in Spain.

Article

Renewable ammonia in Portugal

Julian Atchison April 21, 2022

Madoqua Renewables, Power2X and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners will jointly develop a new project in Sines, Portugal. Renewable hydrogen production will be integrated with a conventional Haber Bosch synthesis plant to produce up to 500,000 tonnes of ammonia per year, with an expansion phase to double that capacity.

Organization