The world needs a clean energy transition.
There is an increasing consensus that clean ammonia will create a clean energy future in shipping and food production.
The world needs a clean energy transition.
There is an increasing consensus that clean ammonia will create a clean energy future in shipping and food production.
Ammonia, which does not emit CO2 when burned, is expected to become a next-generation fuel as it contains properties ideally suited for the hydrogen economy.
Ammonia does not require cooling to extreme temperatures, and has a higher energy density than liquid hydrogen, making it more efficient to transport and store. Furthermore, producing ammonia with renewable energy results in zero or minimal greenhouse gas emissions
Clean ammonia comprises both blue and green ammonia. Blue ammonia is derived from blue hydrogen, produced based upon natural gas, with the CO2 stored in permanent reservoirs after a carbon capture and storage process (CCS). Green ammonia is produced carbon free by using green hydrogen produced based upon renewable energy. Producing clean ammonia is therefore a far more environmentally friendly way to produce fertilizer, as well as making it a promising fuel for the maritime sector.
Very low greenhouse gas emissions at production and no CO2 emissions at use
The perfect future proof shipping fuel and building block for fertilizer for the future
An effective future energy source
Building on its long experience and leading position within global ammonia production, logistics and trade, Yara has recently established the Yara Clean Ammonia unit working towards making carbon-free food production to capture growth opportunities in emission-free fuel for shipping and power, carbon-free food production and ammonia for industrial applications.
Yara is uniquely positioned to enable the hydrogen economy in a market expected to grow by 60 percent over the next two decades.
Yara Clean Ammonia is supported by 17 production units, operates 11 ships and 18 ammonia terminals across the world. Yara Clean Ammonia is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
With project HEGRA (Herøya Green Ammonia), Yara aims to electrify and decarbonize the ammonia plant in Porsgrunn, Norway. The project will reduce CO2-emissions by 800,000 tonnes annually.
Yara Clean Ammonia has teamed up with several clean energy companies including ENGIE, Idemitsu Kosan, Jera, Kyushu Electric Power, Trafigura and Ørsted to enable the production of clean ammonia. Click below to learn more about some of our partnerships.
“No one is better positioned than Yara to capture value in the clean ammonia market, as the world's second largest ammonia producer, with the world's largest export and trading network.”
