Proton Ventures BV, Schiedam, The Netherlands, reported on Aug. 25 that it has lined up a loan facility from Invest International, The Hague, The Netherlands, and a working capital guarantee from Atradius Dutch State Business, Amsterdam, as it plans to build a 4 m/td green ammonia pilot plant (GAPP) in Jorf Lasfar, Morocco.
The plant will be based on the Haber-Bosch process, and for green hydrogen production it will be equipped with two PEM & alkaline electrolyzers with a capacity of 2 MW each. It can also be equipped with an emulator that can simulate different electrical load profiles, in particular the hybridization of photovoltaic and wind energy, in different geographical sites in Morocco and around the world.
Proton Ventures’s engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreement was signed with Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in July after the completion of a tender process. Proton Ventures is an independent engineering company operating in the chemical industry, providing engineering and turnkey solutions for world-scale storage terminals, decentralized ammonia production units, and other related process applications.
Invest International is a joint venture of the Dutch Ministry of Finance (51%) and Development Bank FMO (49%).