Yara International ASA plans to modify its ammonia terminals in Germany after identifying “a significant potential” to increase ammonia imports into the country in line with growing market demand.
In total, Yara said it would be able to deliver 3 million mt of clean ammonia if demand is there. This equates to roughly 530,000 mt of hydrogen and will help speed up the hydrogen economy in Germany, it said.
Yara already operates the largest ammonia storage facility in Germany with two deep sea terminals for ammonia at Brunsbüttel and at Rostock.
It plans to modify its export terminal in Brunsbüttel to import as well by the summer of 2023, while it said its terminal in Rostock can increase imported volumes. Yara currently imports 600,000 mt of ammonia annually in Rostock, which is Germany’s largest ammonia storage capacity.
“With additional tank capacity we can expand our import capacity much further,” said Yara Brunsbüttel Plant Manager Yves Bauwens.
Yara subsidiary Yara Clean Ammonia is currently rolling out a portfolio of decarbonized ammonia production. As these decarbonized projects are developed, Yara said it will import clean ammonia to Germany using its fleet of ammonia carriers.
Already a major hydrogen player, the company produces and consumes approximately 7% of European hydrogen, according to its own data.