Targeting FID later this year, ATOME has received $50 million in funding support from the Green Climate Fund, and an additional $135 million from the European Investment Bank for its Villeta renewable fertiliser project in Paraguay.
Yara will supply both low-emission fertilizers and decarbonizations services to potato farmers in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina. The potatoes will be used in the production of Sabritas potato chips and other snack foods.
Tsubame BHB and Brazilian biofuels company Atvos have signed a letter of intent to deploy Tsubame’s smaller-scale ammonia production technology in Brazil, replacing fossil-based fertilizers applied to surrounding agricultural areas.
Brazilian solar developer Solatio has received approval for a 3 GW grid connection, connecting its new hydrogen & ammonia project to Brazil's renewables-dominated northeast grid. FID on the $4.7 billion project is due this year.
AES Chile has submitted its EIA to government authorities for Project Inna, making it one of only a handful of proposed renewable ammonia projects in Chile currently at the key permitting stage. In other news, Mejillones Ammonia Energy will build a new wastewater treatment plant to secure water supplies for its Project Volta, and three mega-projects in the southern Magallanes region have been granted maritime concessions for terminal construction.
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.
A first in the Brazilian market, Yara has commenced the production of biomethane-based nitrate fertilisers at its Cubatão complex, reducing the carbon footprint by up to 75%. The first batch of the low carbon fertiliser has been delivered to coffee farmers in the Cooxupe cooperative.
In the first stage of Project Gaucho, 3 GW of electrolysers will be powered by a 4.2 GW wind farm, leading to the production of up to 1.7 million tons of ammonia per year. RP Global and German development agency GIZ will develop the project, supported by an official German government program for ramping up the nascent hydrogen industry.