German energy company Mabanaft GmbH & Co KG has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to receive up to 150,000 mt/y of green ammonia from US-based Pattern Energy. The ammonia would be produced by Pattern Energy at the Port of Argentia (GM June 9, 2023), in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, starting in 2027.
The ammonia would be produced using wind energy and hydroelectricity generated in Canada, and could later be converted to hydrogen for use in German industries.
The green ammonia production would require a new production facility with an estimated production capacity of 400 mt/d. As part of the LOI, Mabanaft also plans to evaluate the opportunity to potentially become a co-investor next to Pattern Energy and share ammonia and infrastructure expertise.
The planned New Energy Gate Hamburg is to become Mabanaft’s first major hub for the import, storage, and processing of fuels from renewable energy sources. In November 2022, Mabanaft announced plans to build an import terminal for green energy in the Port of Hamburg, with the US company Air Products as an anchor customer (GM Nov. 23, 2022).
In the meantime, Pattern Energy reported in December that it had closed on $11 billion in non-recourse financing and had begun full construction of SunZia Transmission and SunZia Wind, which together would be the largest clean energy infrastructure project in US history.
SunZia Transmission is a 550-mile transmission line between central New Mexico and south central Arizona with the capacity to transport 3,000 MW of clean electricity across Western states. It will deliver clean power generated by Pattern Energy’s 3,515 MW SunZia Wind facility, the largest wind project in the Western Hemisphere, which is being constructed across Torrance, Lincoln, and San Miguel Counties in New Mexico.