Fertilizer giant Yara to build green hydrogen demonstration plant in Norway

Fertilizer giant Yara teamed up with Linde Engineering on Friday to build and deliver a green hydrogen demonstration plant at its ammonia production facility in Porsgrunn, Norway, according to ICIS on January 29

The project was funded by Norwegian state-owned Enova with NOK 283 million ($31.

Oslo-based Yara said it will demonstrate that ammonia produced using renewable energy can reduce the impact of carbon dioxide on fertilizer production

Water electrolysis will use proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology to produce green hydrogen, thereby partially replacing the hydrocarbon-based hydrogen production technology at the Yara plant

This will be the second 24MW PEM electrolysis plant designed and built by Linde Engineering, the first being currently under construction at the chemical plant in Leuna, Germany

Magnus Ankarstrand, president of Yara Clean Ammonia, said: "The project aims to supply the first green ammonia products to the market as early as mid-2023, both as a fossil fuel-free fertilizer and as an emission-free transport fuel

"Green ammonia is key to reducing emissions from world food production and long-distance transport

The plant will have an annual capacity of about 10,000 kg/day and will replace ethane as a production feedstock, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 41,000 tons per year