Honeywell, Atlanta, announced on Sept. 8 that Horisont Energi, Sandes, Norway, has signed a license agreement for Honeywell’s UniSim® Design process modelling software to verify and optimize the design of its carbon-free ammonia plants. Honeywell will work with OLI Systems to integrate its electrolyte simulation technology into industrial applications.
“We are pleased to have selected Honeywell’s and OLI Systems’ software to aid our development of the world’s first large-scale production facility for clean ammonia, one of the world’s most important industrial gases,” said Bjørgulf Haukelidsæter Eidesen, Horisont CEO. “Our clean energy solutions, supported by the UniSim Design process simulation technology from Honeywell and OLI’s electrolyte modeling package, will help decarbonize a number of industrial processes in line with emerging regulations.”
Horisont’s Barents Blue 3,000 mt/d blue ammonia project will be located in Finnmark in northern Norway and will use natural gas from the Barents Sea. Carbon will be captured and transported by ship to the Polaris reservoir for storage, with an estimated capacity in excess of 100 million mt below the seabed offshore Finnmark. The company said the amount is twice Norway’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. The carbon capture rate is expected to exceed 99 percent.
Both the Barents Blue and Polaris projects are currently in the concept phase, with investment decisions expected toward the end of 2022. Construction is expected to take place between 2022-2025, with the plant to be in operation in 2025. Other partners in the project include Norwegian companies Equinor and Var Energi.