Topsoe, Skovgaard Energy and Vestas have inaugurated a 5,000-tonne-per-year green ammonia plant in Denmark, aiming to demonstrate the potential of the hydrogen carrier.
Located in Ramme, the plant is expected to deploy a “first-of-its-kind” approach, where renewable power can be coupled directly to an ammonia plant while taking the fluctuations in power production into account. The developers say this will ensure a cost-effective process.
Receiving power from 50MW of new solar panels and 12MW of existing Vestas wind turbines, the project secured DKK 81m ($12m) in funding from the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP).
“With this new facility, we are taking an important step, which will benefit both Denmark and the rest of the world,” claimed Kim Hedegaard, CEO Power-to-X at Topsoe.
“We need to continue to development of green alternatives for energy-intensive industries and long-distance transportation with research, innovation and action. This project is a unique example of going from good intentions to actively supporting the energy transition.”
Niels Erik Madsen, CEO at Skovgaard Energy, added, “Until today, we have been able to supply plenty of green power to the power grid, but we have not been able to store it or convert it to the needs of industry.
“We are now able to do just that, when we turn green electricity into green ammonia.”
