Green ammonia tech developer FuelPositive Corp., Waterloo, Ont., announced that it has successfully installed the world’s first farmer-owned Modular Green Ammonia production system on the farm of Tracy and Curtis Hiebert in Sperling, Man.
“June 11, 2024, marks a historic moment for FuelPositive as all containers of its first commercial-scale system were placed in their final positions on the Hieberts’ farm,” said Luna Clifford, FuelPositive’s Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer.
Nelson Leite, FuelPositive’s Chief Technology Officer, said the containerized processing units were placed in their final positions on June 11 and the 90-ton storage tank arrived on June 12. Once commissioning is completed, he said the system will be ready for the production of green ammonia for multiple applications, including fertilizer and fuel for grain drying and internal combustion engines.
The first FP300 system (100 mt/y) was moved to FuelPositive’s 15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility earlier this year (GM Feb. 9, p. 31) for the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), the final approval step before delivery and on-farm installation. The June delivery was pushed back from earlier hopes for delivery in March or April (GM Dec. 8, 2023) due to additional safety verification steps.
The FuelPositive system is designed to produce pure anhydrous ammonia from air, water, and electricity, effectively eliminating carbon emissions during the production process. The company purchased the technology in 2021 (GM April 9, 2021) and filed for a US patent several months later (GM June 11, 2021).
FuelPositive began taking presales orders for the green ammonia modules in 2022 (GM Sept. 23, 2022), estimating the initial base price of the system at C$950,000 at that time. The company in 2023 (GM Oct. 13, 2023) announced that it had received a funding grant of up to C$1.9 million through the Research and Innovation Stream of the Agriculture Clean Technology (ACT) Program, delivered by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC).
“Emissions in agriculture are hard to abate; farmers need accessible tools and solutions to meet the Canadian emission reduction targets set for them. FuelPositive is here to support farmers in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions,” said Clifford. “FuelPositive’s groundbreaking project, happening right here in Manitoba, could mean the beginning of a beautiful success story for the province and Canada.”