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Danish manufacturer Topsoe has signed a deal to provide GW of its solid oxide electrolyzers (SOE) to First Ammonia (FA), a New York City startup backed by a $ billion hedge fund firm.
The hydrogen electrolyzers will run on renewable energy to produce green hydrogen, which would then be combined with nitrogen from the air to produce green ammonia, a substance that is used today primarily in the fertilizer and chemical industries, but could be a future transportation fuel or used as a hydrogen carrier.
The first MW of hydrogen electrolyzer capacity has already been allocated to FA's first two facilities, in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and the southwestern US.
“These projects will be the wor Brazil Mobile Number List ld's first commercial-scale green ammonia production facilities ,” according to Topsoe.
SOEs are more energy efficient than the alkaline and PEM electrolyzers that dominate the growing market; In other words, they can produce more hydrogen per unit of electricity using waste heat. Because the Haber-Bosch process, which FA will use to produce ammonia (combining H with nitrogen from the air), requires temperatures of -C, waste heat will be readily available to state-owned companies.
Under the terms of the ten-year deal, FA officially ordered MW, and the US company paid to reserve another GW of manufacturing capacity, said Topsoe chief commercial officer Sundus Cordelia Ramli.
The full GW of hydrogen electrolysers could produce five million tonnes of green ammonia annually, according to Topsoe, representing around -% of the annual global NH market.
Just two weeks ago, Topsoe announced that it had made a final investment decision to build a MW SOE factory in central Denmark, with plans to eventually expand its annual manufacturing capacity to GW as the electrolyser market develops.
It is understood that the MW factory is expected to be fully operational by , and FA plans to bring its green ammonia production facilities into operation in Germany and the US in
FA, a subsidiary of Christofferson Robb & Company, a multinational financial firm with $ billion in assets under management, is also taking a novel approach to renewable energy sourcing, with a press release stating that the company “will operate all their plants in a dynamic way. to support existing renewable energy markets.”
He adds: “By operating dynamically, producing ammonia during hours of lower energy demand, First Ammonia will net contribute to the economics of renewable energy production, providing a greater accumulation of additional renewable energy wherever they build a production plant.”
FA may also use Topsoe's ammonia production equipment in its plants, with CEO Joel Moser stating: "With its cutting-edge SOE electrolyzers and industry-leading ammonia synthesis, we will develop facilities around the world to produce millions of tons of green ammonia from water and air.
“Ammonia saved humanity from famine a century ago as a replacement for depleted fertilizer sources, in large part due to Topsoe's excellence.
“Ammonia can save humanity once again as the workhorse of the hydrogen economy, replacing petrochemicals to decarbonize agriculture, transportation and storage, and power generation.”
Since ammonia is easier to store and transport than liquid or compressed hydrogen and contains much more energy per volume: MJ per liter, compared to MJ/l for liquid H and MJ/l of compressed hydrogen (at bar) — is increasingly discussed as a transportation fuel and a superior method of transporting hydrogen.
“With an existing global ammonia infrastructure, green ammonia can quickly and easily replace hydrocarbon-based fuels for a wide range of use cases, with ammonia-fueled ships already ordered and ammonia power plants under development,” says the Press release.
The Japanese electric company JERA is planning to build green power plants fueled by ammonia, although the idea has attracted attention due to the inefficiencies involved. One ton of green ammonia requires MWh of electricity to produce, but will only return GWh when burned. Burning NH also produces large amounts of nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, which will have to be captured and disposed of at additional cost.
There are also safety concerns surrounding the use of highly toxic ammonia as a shipping fuel.
FA also plans to build the world's first combustion engine running on % NH through its First Ammonia Motors unit.
“We need to accelerate the development and industrialization of sustainable solutions, while increasing energy independence,” said Topsoe CEO Roeland Baan. “With this agreement, we enable the production of millions of tonnes of green ammonia in support of the decarbonization agenda.”
Topsoe's order is five times larger than the previous record holder: a GW deal between US manufacturer Plug Power and Swiss company H Energy Europe in May this year.
Danish manufacturer Topsoe has signed a deal to provide GW of its solid oxide electrolyzers (SOE) to First Ammonia (FA), a New York City startup backed by a $ billion hedge fund firm.
The hydrogen electrolyzers will run on renewable energy to produce green hydrogen, which would then be combined with nitrogen from the air to produce green ammonia, a substance that is used today primarily in the fertilizer and chemical industries, but could be a future transportation fuel or used as a hydrogen carrier.
The first MW of hydrogen electrolyzer capacity has already been allocated to FA's first two facilities, in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and the southwestern US.
“These projects will be the wor Brazil Mobile Number List ld's first commercial-scale green ammonia production facilities ,” according to Topsoe.
SOEs are more energy efficient than the alkaline and PEM electrolyzers that dominate the growing market; In other words, they can produce more hydrogen per unit of electricity using waste heat. Because the Haber-Bosch process, which FA will use to produce ammonia (combining H with nitrogen from the air), requires temperatures of -C, waste heat will be readily available to state-owned companies.
Under the terms of the ten-year deal, FA officially ordered MW, and the US company paid to reserve another GW of manufacturing capacity, said Topsoe chief commercial officer Sundus Cordelia Ramli.
The full GW of hydrogen electrolysers could produce five million tonnes of green ammonia annually, according to Topsoe, representing around -% of the annual global NH market.
Just two weeks ago, Topsoe announced that it had made a final investment decision to build a MW SOE factory in central Denmark, with plans to eventually expand its annual manufacturing capacity to GW as the electrolyser market develops.
It is understood that the MW factory is expected to be fully operational by , and FA plans to bring its green ammonia production facilities into operation in Germany and the US in
FA, a subsidiary of Christofferson Robb & Company, a multinational financial firm with $ billion in assets under management, is also taking a novel approach to renewable energy sourcing, with a press release stating that the company “will operate all their plants in a dynamic way. to support existing renewable energy markets.”
He adds: “By operating dynamically, producing ammonia during hours of lower energy demand, First Ammonia will net contribute to the economics of renewable energy production, providing a greater accumulation of additional renewable energy wherever they build a production plant.”
FA may also use Topsoe's ammonia production equipment in its plants, with CEO Joel Moser stating: "With its cutting-edge SOE electrolyzers and industry-leading ammonia synthesis, we will develop facilities around the world to produce millions of tons of green ammonia from water and air.
“Ammonia saved humanity from famine a century ago as a replacement for depleted fertilizer sources, in large part due to Topsoe's excellence.
“Ammonia can save humanity once again as the workhorse of the hydrogen economy, replacing petrochemicals to decarbonize agriculture, transportation and storage, and power generation.”
Since ammonia is easier to store and transport than liquid or compressed hydrogen and contains much more energy per volume: MJ per liter, compared to MJ/l for liquid H and MJ/l of compressed hydrogen (at bar) — is increasingly discussed as a transportation fuel and a superior method of transporting hydrogen.
“With an existing global ammonia infrastructure, green ammonia can quickly and easily replace hydrocarbon-based fuels for a wide range of use cases, with ammonia-fueled ships already ordered and ammonia power plants under development,” says the Press release.
The Japanese electric company JERA is planning to build green power plants fueled by ammonia, although the idea has attracted attention due to the inefficiencies involved. One ton of green ammonia requires MWh of electricity to produce, but will only return GWh when burned. Burning NH also produces large amounts of nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, which will have to be captured and disposed of at additional cost.
There are also safety concerns surrounding the use of highly toxic ammonia as a shipping fuel.
FA also plans to build the world's first combustion engine running on % NH through its First Ammonia Motors unit.
“We need to accelerate the development and industrialization of sustainable solutions, while increasing energy independence,” said Topsoe CEO Roeland Baan. “With this agreement, we enable the production of millions of tonnes of green ammonia in support of the decarbonization agenda.”
Topsoe's order is five times larger than the previous record holder: a GW deal between US manufacturer Plug Power and Swiss company H Energy Europe in May this year.