Haldor Topsøe, Copenhagen, and Norway’s Nel ASA have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the intent to offer customers complete renewable electricity to ammonia and methanol solutions, the Danish catalysis company said on March 25.
Solutions will be based on globally leading technologies from the two companies – Nel’s alkaline and PEM electrolysis technologies, in combination with proven ammonia and methanol technologies from Topsøe.
Under the MOU, the Danish firm intends to supply license, engineering, proprietary hardware, catalyst, and technical service for its ammonia and eMethanol™ technologies, as well as system integration engineering. Nel intends to supply its alkaline or PEM electrolysis technology and proprietary hardware and subsystem engineering.
Green ammonia and eMethanol are both considered promising low-carbon transportation fuels and energy carriers.
Topsøe is currently engaged in several projects to produce green hydrogen, green ammonia, eMethanol™, and green fuels. An example is the Helios project in NEOM, Saudi Arabia, announced in July 2020, which includes the world’s largest ammonia loop (1.2 mt/y) delivered by Topsøe (GM July 10, 2020).