H2Carrier and Anori to produce green ammonia in Greenland with wind power
Norway-based H2Carrier and Greenland-based wind turbine company Anori have teamed up to develop Greenland’s first commercial wind farm, which will then supply power to H2Carrier’s large-scale floating green hydrogen and ammonia production facility.
PHOTO: Prototype of H2Carrier's floating green hydrgen and ammonia production facility. H2Carrier
The facility is a very-large gas carrier (VLGC) converted to a floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) with a scalable production capacity of 100,000-230,000 mt/year.
“We expect to export the majority of the production, while bunkering options will be made available once demand picks up from the maritime sector," H2Carrier’s chief executive Mårten Lunde told ENGINE in an interview last year.
The FPSO will produce green ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen through the well-matured Haber-Bosch process. Green hydrogen will be produced through electrolysis of desalinated seawater with renewable energy. Nitrogen will be captured directly from the air and synthesised in an ammonia generator onboard.
Anori's chairman says that currently “less than 1% of the global ammonia consumption globally is produced from renewable energy. We need to turn this around to come closer to 100% as soon as possible in order to reach the targets of the Paris agreement.”
As for choosing Greenland as a wind farm spot, Lunde believes it is “uniquely positioned” to lead green ammonia supply. Anori's chief executive says the country’s ample wind and water resources will be beneficial for this project, which he says has a "huge export potential.”
The FPSO prototype received approval from the classification society DNV last September.
Last year, H2Carrier partnered with Norwegian engineering firm KANFA and with Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy generator, to study challenges related to offshore electrolyser operations, and ammonia production with variable load handling.
By Konica Bhatt
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