Hydrofuel Canada Inc., Mississauga, Ont., on March 18 announced the issuance of US Patent 11,885,029 “Systems and Methods for Forming Nitrogen-Based Compounds” and the completion of their Micro Ammonia Production System (MAPS 1.0) commercial prototype.
“We are thrilled to announce the issuance of our US patent for MAPS 1.0 and the completion of our commercial prototype,” said Greg Vezina, Chairman and CEO of Hydrofuel Canada. “This is a major milestone and a significant step towards making clean energy and fertilizer more affordable and accessible with MAPS 1.0 units expected to be available by the spring of 2025.”
Vezina said MAPS 2.0 is expected to be released in the summer of 2025, and customers will be able to produce and store green hydrogen in ammonia at a fraction of the cost, making it a game-changer in the clean energy and fertilizer industries. He said the company will soon announce details of its pre-order campaign that will enable customers to place a small deposit on one of the MAPS units for early delivery.
The company is currently in talks with potential partners and investors to bring MAPS 1.0 and 2.0 to the market. The company said the $700,000 MAPS 1.0 version uses externally produced hydrogen (H2) to synthesize with nitrogen from air to make ammonia. If the H2 source is green, so is the NH3 it produces.
The $850,000 MAPS 2.0 combines hydrogen and nitrogen production in a single unit and eliminates the need for separate production processes, which the company says significantly reduces the overall cost of green ammonia and the hydrogen in it to 50% of the cost of hydrogen produced via current electrolysis technologies.