Trafigura to build Norwegian plant to produce green ammonia for shipping
Trafigura has partnered up with green hydrogen firm Hy2gen and Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure to develop an ammonia production facility in Norway's Sauda municipality.
PHOTO: Aerial view of Sauda, Norway. Hy2gen
The green ammonia production facility will be named Iverson eFuels AS and co-owned by the three companies.
“When we started looking for a location for our green ammonia plant in Norway, Sauda emerged as the epitome. The accessibility to abundant green energy from hydropower, a good harbour for exports, an attractive production site...,” Hy2gen Group chief executive Cyril Dufau-Sansot said.
The companies envison an electrolyser with 240 MW capacity could produce 600 mt of green ammonia per day while scaling it up considerably over time, says Trafigura.
“Availability of zero emission alternative fuels such as green ammonia is an important pre-requisite to decarbonising the global shipping industry,” said Trafigura’s global head of fuel decarbonisation Rasmus Bach Nielsen.
Construction is expected to start in the first quarter of 2024, pending final investment approval, and ramp up to full production by 2027.
