India has joined Japan, Korea and the EU in setting an emissions threshold for renewable ammonia certification. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will issue methodologies for measurement, reporting, monitoring, on-site verification, and certification.
Kevin Rouwenhorst reports back from the 7th CFAA International Symposium in Tokyo, plus significant progress on the ground for Idemitsu Kosan, NYK Line, Resonac, and IHI Corporation.
Ammobia has raised $7.5 million for its modular Haber Bosch 2.0 technology, combining proprietary catalysts and sorbents for low-temperature ammonia synthesis. In New Zealand, Liquium has raised NZ$2 million to validate its novel ammonia synthesis catalysts under industrial conditions. And US-based geNH3 has also raised seed funding for its patented Calcium-mediated technology for ammonia synthesis, targeting 5 kg per day production capacity by mid-April.
Under a new agreement, ACWA, EnBW, Rostock Port and VNG will establish a new renewable ammonia and hydrogen corridor between Saudi Arabia and Germany. The corridor will see ACWA’s renewable ammonia from Yanbu being exported to Germany via the Port of Rostock.
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.
GreenH has taken a final investment decision on its Slagen renewable ammonia project, plus two other electrolytic hydrogen projects on Norway’s coast. Nel ASA has been chosen to supply electrolyser technologies for Slagen and a series of electrolytic hydrogen projects in Norway, and will add a 1 GW production line for its new “Next Generation Pressurized Alkaline system” at its factory in Herøya.
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.
Meet InterContinental Energy, developers of renewable hydrogen and ammonia projects at oil & gas scale. We will explore progress on the Western Green Energy Hub project in Australia, featuring up to 70 GW of wind and solar at full scale.
Meet AM Green, developers of the renewable ammonia mega-project in Kakinada, India. With FID obtained, pre-certification achieved, and a suite of offtake deals signed, the project is approaching production of renewable molecules. We’ll also be joined by Chemical Market Analytics for an overview of the fascinating context for renewable hydrogen and ammonia in India.
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.