Yara’s decarbonization strategy
For Yara, a world-leading fertilizer company and one of the largest global traders of ammonia, reducing emissions is not just an obligation. It is core to our mission: To Responsibly Feed the World and Protect the Planet.
We have already reduced our production greenhouse gas footprint by about 50% since 2005.
With our strategy to profitably deliver decarbonized solutions, produced with both renewable energy and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), we are uniquely positioned to deliver the climate solutions needed to secure industry competitiveness as we close in on 2030 and the climate targets.
CCS is key to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries in Europe
We need to use all technologies at our disposal to address the climate challenge.
CCS is a cost-efficient decarbonization solution that is compatible with existing European hard-to-abate industry, especially in the case of ammonia and fertilizer production production due to parts of the CO2 being emitted in a pure, easily captured form from the process.
While the ultimate goal is to fully rely on renewable energy, CCS is a transitional bridge and an additional decarbonization tool, which allows for a faster and more affordable reduction of CO2 emissions. There are no scenarios in which we reach the climate targets without CCS.
Discover Europe’s biggest CCS project at Yara Sluiskil, the Netherlands:
A significant step to reduce emissions from the European hard-to-abate industry
At Yara, we are proud to be a first mover, operating Europe’s largest carbon capture project. At our flagship fertilizer and ammonia plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands.
From 2026, Northern Lights – the transport and storage provider of the Norwegian Longship project a key part of the Norwegian Longship project - will transport up to 800,000 tons of captured, liquefied CO2, from Yara Sluiskil, to a permanent storage site 2.6 kilometers beneath the seabed on the Norwegian continental shelf.
800,000 tons of CO2 annually – gone. That’s half a percent of the Netherlands’ total emissions, from one site.
Over the next 15-years Yara will remove approximately 12 million tons of CO2 from its production in Sluiskil.
Yara is also exploring other CCS projects
The combination of Yara’s unique ammonia position and significant consumption need makes Yara an attractive partner for any ammonia project, which has enabled Yara to continuously work on evaluating the optimal project portfolio for potential investments in low-carbon ammonia through CCS.
In addition to the Yara Sluiskil-Northern Lights partnership, Yara is exploring large-scale low-emission ammonia production projects with CCS. Coupling these investments with its leading global ammonia position, Yara is uniquely placed on capitalizing on new demand markets for low-emission ammonia and profitably decarbonize its premium product operations in Europe while also diversifying its energy position.
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