Polyolefins and fertilizers major Borealis AG, Vienna, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Hynamics, a subsidiary of Paris-based EDF group specializing in decarbonized hydrogen, to explore the development of a project for low-carbon ammonia production at Borealis’ fertilizer production site in Ottmarsheim, near Mulhouse, France.
Borealis said the project could deliver the installation of a 30 megawatt (MW) electrolysis station for the production of 4,300 mt/y of low-carbon hydrogen to the Ottmarsheim site for the production of 24,000 mt/y of low-carbon ammonia by 2025-2026.
The ammonia produced at the site is mainly used for the production of fertilizers, but other uses for low-carbon ammonia will be studied, including for industry and shipping, the company said in a Nov. 30 statement announcing the partnership.
The first phase of the project, for which the Borealis and Hynamics teams have already been mobilized, consists of consolidating technical and economic approaches while requesting French and European funding.