Clean technology developer AmmPower Corp., Vancouver, on Jan. 31 announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent to develop a green hydrogen/ammonia facility at the Port of South Louisiana (POSL). It said the facility, based upon future feasibility studies, could produce up to 4,000 mt/d of green ammonia.
AmmPower said it will build the facility to produce, store, and distribute green ammonia for use as a carbon free fuel and a carrier of hydrogen energy. The facility would service the fueling of oceangoing vessels (over 4,500/year) at the POSL, and also provide hydrogen rich green ammonia for use domestically and for export.
AmmPower said the project, led by Maarten Mobach, President, AmmPower Maritime, and long-time industry veteran, will be one of the first renewable energy project of this scale, at one of the largest working ports in the world. “Having been involved in a number of large port construction and infrastructure projects over the past 40 years, I can truly say this is a remarkable moment,” said Mobach.
“The pivotal shift to green energy is an important one, and I am very excited to be working with the Port of South Louisiana. We hope this will be the first of many AmmPower projects in the maritime industry that will help transition towards green energy,” he added.
In November, AmmPower announced the production of the first laboratory quantities of ammonia at its Michigan plant (GM Nov. 5, 2021). The company said its “cracking” technology will allow hydrogen to be more easily transported as ammonia, then released as the point of use.
Also last year, AmmPower entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Brazil’s Porto Central for the development of a green ammonia production, storage, and distribution project (GM July 30, 2021).
AmmPower told Green Markets that more information about its projects such as the cost projections, as well as groundbreaking and completion timelines, would be announced by press release as it becomes available.