Companies are prioritizing climate-friendly production solutions as they face ever- increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize operations. With this in mind, thyssenkrupp Uhde has developed an ammonia production solution based on renewable feedstocks that is 100% CO2-free. Production of ammonia that is CO2-free is designated as green ammonia. Besides climate considerations, other drivers of the move to distributed production of green ammonia from small-scale plants have been the desire for localised self-sufficiency, avoidance of high transportation costs and import or carbon taxes.
Nithesh Mohun, Senior Sales Engineer at thyssenkrupp Uhde, explains: “Whereas in conventional ammonia plants, ammonia is produced by steam reforming natural gas, thyssenkrupp Uhde’s green ammonia production is underpinned by nucera’s alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) technology. nucera is a sister company to thyssenkrupp Uhde.
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