Haldor Topsoe, Copenhagen, and AQM Capital LLC (Aquamarine), New York, said on March 18 they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the purpose of building a green ammonia facility. It is planned to include a 100 megawatt SOEC electrolysis unit to produce green hydrogen to be converted into green ammonia.
Aquamarine is developing a large-scale green ammonia facility to be constructed in multiple stages. In the first stage of the project, the proposed facility will use Topsoe’s proprietary solid oxide electrolyzer cells (SOEC) to produce green hydrogen from 100 megawatt of renewable electricity. The hydrogen will be further processed into 300 mt/d of green ammonia, also using Topsoe technology.
Aquamarine will seek relevant permits for the project, which will be located in northern Germany close to existing offshore wind farms, where the product can be sold to the marine shipping industry. Subject to a final investment decision, the facility is expected to be commissioned in 2024.
Topsoe is already engaged in several projects to produce green hydrogen, green ammonia, eMethanol, and green fuels, including the giant NEOM project in Saudi Arabia (GM July 10, 2020), announced in July 2020, which includes the world’s largest ammonia loop (1.2 million mt/y) delivered by Topsoe.