Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries has laid the foundation stone to begin construction of a green ammonia facility in the port city of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, in India. The plant, which is located on 160 acres, is expected to produce 200,000 mt/y of green ammonia. The project is projected to cost $4.3 billion and generate roughly 1,500 local jobs.
The initiation of construction builds on an earlier Heads of Terms agreement signed by Sembcorp, Sojitz Corp., Kyushu Electric Power, and NYK Line to export green ammonia from India to Japan (GM Aug. 23, p. 25). As part of that agreement, Sembcorp will produce green ammonia that Kyushu incorporates into its power plants in Japan. Sojitz will act as a business intermediary while NYK Line oversees the maritime transportation of the green ammonia.
Sembcorp was recently named as one of two leads for the Energy Market Authority and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore low-carbon ammonia solution project for power generation and bunkering on Jurong Island (GM Aug. 2, p. 24).