Clean technology developer AmmPower, Toronto, announced on Aug. that it has competed a prefeasibility study for the green ammonia port facility at Porto Central, Brazil. As previously reported, AmmPower has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (GM July 30, 2021) with Porto Central, a port location under development in Brazil with the objective to be a major green energy hub, to design, build, finance, maintain, and operate a 4,000 m/d green ammonia facility.
The company worked with an EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) company to complete the pre-feasibility study for both a 4,000 mt/d and 2,000 mt/d green ammonia port facility design.
AmmPower anticipates that offshore wind will be the prime source of power for the green ammonia port facilities, as access to offshore wind connections via strategic coastal locations is prioritized among each project. The company believes that simultaneously developing the offshore wind farms and solar farms will help the facility be able to better maintain stable resource costs, creating a more effective business model and optimal market price.
The facility is designed to distribute domestic fertilizer for agricultural offtakers, transport hydrogen in the form of ammonia to major international offtakers via an Atlantic Ocean conduit, and support shipping companies by providing bunkering and jetty accessibility for fueling ships and loading fuel for transport.
The facility is expected to consist of fully integrated systems, including offshore wind energy and solar farm resources and partnerships with other industry experts, as well as a combination of proprietary technology specializing in ammonia synthesis, ammonia decomposition, and manufacturing efficiency. AmmPower believes integration of the full value-chain from early development will allow the company’s projects to successfully develop product with reduced costs for the facilities as well as clients and off-takers.
In addition to Porto Central, AmmPower earlier this year signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to develop a green hydrogen/ammonia facility at the Port of South Louisiana (GM Feb. 4, p. 28). The facility, based on future feasibility studies, could produce up to 4,000 mt/d of green ammonia.
In the meantime, AmmPower expects to begin production of its IAMM™ units (Independent Ammonia Making Machine) in October at its plant in Novi, Mich. The small units only require water and electricity to operate and produce 4 mt/d of green ammonia. Their target markets are independent distributors and retailers of ammonia used as fertilizer. The company eyes first-quarter 2023 for first deliveries (GM May 20, p. 28). AmmPower earlier suggested a price tag of $3-$3.5 million.