Meet 8 Rivers to learn about their proprietary 8RH2 technology, which allows for CO2 "capture" in excess of 99% from gas-based ammonia production, and their project based on 8RH2, Cormorant Clean Energy, which will produce 880,000 metric tons of “ultra low carbon” ammonia each year from 2027 in Port Arthur, Texas.
CCS-based ammonia produced in the USA by Idemitsu, Mitsubishi and Proman is expected to hit the Japanese market by 2030, targeting multiple end uses.
Last month, two Class VI permits were officially issued by the US EPA, allowing WVR to construct two wells for injection and storage of CO2 underground. CCS hydrogen will feed a 500,000 tons per year ammonia plant - a significant percentage of the fertiliser currently used within the USA’s Eastern Corn Belt.
The Bulgarian fertiliser giant will invest €15 million in a 100-strong fleet of ammonia carrying railway cars. Agropolychim anticipates over 250,000 tons per year of low-carbon ammonia from the Middle East to arrive at its import terminal in Varna West.
For our final episode of Maritime Ammonia Insights, we asked our resident experts Sofia and Conor Fürstenberg Stott to provide their insights on the pathway forward for marine ammonia fuel. Discussion topics included challenges for overlaying alternative fuels onto the existing bunker industry, the importance of seafarers to the transition, and why we need to move beyond talking about competition between alternative fuel candidates.
Yara and Northern Lights have entered into a binding agreement for a carbon, capture & sequestration chain to decarbonise ammonia production at Yara’s Sluiskil plant in the Netherlands. From 2025, 800,000 tonnes of captured CO2 will be transported and sequestered at Northern Lights’ site off the coast of Norway each year.
Horisont Energi has signed two offtake agreements for ammonia from its under-development Norwegian plant. German gas importer & wholesaler VNG will purchase between 100,000 - 300,000 tonnes per year to distribute to its German industrial customers. Local gas supplier Barents NaturGass intends to purchase 100,000 tonnes per year for distribution to customers around Hammerfest, including its potential use as transportation fuel.
Decarbonization of existing steam methane reforming-based ammonia plants is possible, and changes in gas and heat flows can be recovered via alternative technologies. Recap our workshop in Atlanta, where we discussed the use of upstream methane monitoring equipment, electrolysers, carbon capture, hydrogen burners, energy storage and electric heating to achieve decarbonization of conventional ammonia plants.
