Ammonia
KazAzot to use KBR tech for Kazakhstan's first world-scale fertilizer complex
KBR will provide a technology license, proprietary engineering design, equipment and catalyst solutions for KazAzot's 2,000-tpd ammonia plant to be built in Aktau.
BASF starts up its expanded ammonium chloride plant in Ludwigshafen
BASF has expanded the production of ammonium chloride at its Ludwigshafen, Germany site, increasing capacity by 50% and improving product quality.
Air Liquide receives EU grant to develop large-scale H2-from-ammonia ENHANCE project
Air Liquide has been awarded a grant of €110 MM from the European Innovation Fund for its ENHANCE project in the port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, that aims to produce and distribute low-carbon and renewable hydrogen (H2) derived from ammonia.
Yara begins production of renewable-based ammonia in Brazil
The first in Brazil, Yara now produces ammonia made from renewable biomethane and has already delivered the first tons of lower carbon product to its customers.
Gentari to supply large-scale, carbon-free energy to AMG Ammonia's new green ammonia facility
Gentari will be supplying 650 MW round-the-clock, carbon-free energy to power AMG Ammonia's upcoming green ammonia facilities, under a long-term Power Purchase Agreement.
SwitcH2, CorPower Ocean partner on wave-powered green ammonia
SwitcH2 is partnering with CorPower Ocean to deliver a unique industrial scale floating green ammonia production facility partially powered by wave energy. SwitcH2’s NH3-FPSO unit involves the use of a new built vessel, nearly the size of a VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier), to support a 300-MW electrolysis plant on deck. The final output is green ammonia
Full-scale ammonia engine opens new chapter
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that the development of its liquid gas injection ammonia (ME-LGIA) engine has entered a new phase with the commencement of testing of a full-scale, two-stroke engine running on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC).
Foundation stone laid for 1.2-MMtpy blue ammonia plant in Qatar
The facility consists of a 1.2-MMtpy ammonia production unit, along with an additional unit for CO2 injection and storage, with a capacity of 1.5 MMtpy. QatarEnergy will provide the new plant with more than 35 MW of electricity from the solar power plant currently being built in Mesaieed Industrial City, thereby becoming blue ammonia.
Improving ammonia production sustainability
While approximately 70% of ammonia production is used to make fertilizers, it is also identified as the largest carbon dioxide (CO2)-emitting chemical industry process. This article examines several novel technologies to improve the sustainability of the ammonia production process.
Hygenco selects Topsoe as technology provider for green ammonia production
Hygenco has chosen Topsoe as technology licensor for the first phase of a planned 750-tpd green ammonia complex Gopalpur, Odisha, India.
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