Next Hydrogen, Mississauga, Ont., announced that it will be providing its latest alkaline electrolysis technology to the University of Minnesota (UMN) for research on the production of green ammonia. The system is expected to be operational by 2025.
The
project is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research
Project Agency and includes a broad team including Nutrien Ltd., GE, Nel
Hydrogen, Xcel Energy, and Shell in addition to other companies.
The University of Minnesota has been a leader in developing renewable energy.
The university’s Renewable Energy Center constructed a test plant to use wind
power to produce anhydrous ammonia in 2010, prior to the wind energy boom in
the US (GM June 21, 2010).