Denmark – Topsoe AS, Skovgaard Energy and Vestas have inaugurated a demonstration renewable ammonia production plant at Ramme, Northwest Jutland, Denmark. The demo project is planned to produce 5,000 metric tons per year of green ammonia using renewable power from 50 MW of solar panels and 12 MW of existing Vestas wind turbines.
The partnership has received 81 million Danish kroner (ā¬11 million) of funding from the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program.
The plant will demonstrate a dynamic approach, which entails that the plant will adapt to the inherent fluctuations in power output from the renewable power sources in integration with the plantās electrolysis and ammonia synthesis loop.
Ammonia ā either in the form of low-carbon ammonia or as an e-fuel ā is expected to play a role in decarbonizing transport and as a hydrogen carrier, notably for hard-to-abate industrial processes, such as steel and cement production.
āUntil 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,ā said Niels Madsen, CEO at Skovgaard Energy.
