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.
Great Oceans Green Ammonia is Sri Lanka’s “pioneering” renewable ammonia and methanol developer. 4 GW of offshore wind, onshore solar and battery storage will not only help decarbonise Sri Lanka’s power sector, but produce methanol and ammonia fuel: 500,000 tons per year by 2030. Sri Lanka sits directly on the primary east-west shipping corridor connecting Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and East Africa.
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.
Shenzhen Energy’s integrated 150,000 tons per year renewable ammonia production project has been successfully connected to the grid in China, as one of the National Energy Administration’s first approved hydrogen pilot projects.
Envision Energy has released further details about its AI architecture, with two “foundation models” working in tandem to optimize renewable energy inputs for ammonia production, potentially unlocking millions of tons of production potential in China. Meanwhile, KBR and UK-based Applied Computing will combine AI capabilities with an existing digital control platform, allowing users to optimize operations.
The new grant allows InterContinental to further advance and accelerate the mega-project in Australia’s northwest, which will feature up to 26 GW of hybrid wind and solar generation, and the production of up to 1.6 million tons per year of hydrogen.
The 4 ton per day project will be fed by an adjacent alkaline electrolysis plant. Led by JGC and key chemicals manufacturer Asahi Kasei, lessons from the demonstrator will be applied to another large pilot for green chemical production planned for next year.
In our January episode of Project Features, we explored a now-operational renewable ammonia project in Uzbekistan, the historical use of water electrolysis for hydrogen, ammonia and fertilizer production, and future plans in the Central Asian nation.