MOSCOW (MRC) -- Haldor Topsoe (Ravnholm, Denmark) and renewable energy developer Skovgaard Invest (Lemvig) say they will build a 5,000-metric tons/year green ammonia plant in Western Jutland, Denmark, said Chemweek.
No investment figure has been given. The project could be in operation by 2022, powered by existing wind turbines and 50 megawatts (MW) of new solar panels that will feed an electrolyzer unit to produce renewable hydrogen for subsequent processing into ammonia, according to Haldor Topsoe. The cost of green ammonia is currently “significantly higher” than that of comparable ammonia from fossil fuel, it says. The company will design the plant’s ammonia technology to secure optimal production and adapt to the inherent fluctuations in power output from wind turbines and solar panels, it adds.
The project will deliver proof of concept and operational experience for larger projects, with the companies to invest jointly in the development. They have also applied for public cofunding, they say. Potential offtakers for the green ammonia are seen within the agriculture and marine industries, as well as the potential for exports out of nearby industrial harbors, according to Skovgaard Invest.
As per MRC, Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in the Americas and a world leader in the production of biopolymers, and Denmark-based Haldor Topsoe, a global leader in supply of catalysts, technology, and services for the chemical and refining industries, have announced that they achieved their first-ever demo-scale production of bio-based monoethylene glycol (MEG).
MEG is mainly used in the production of polyester fibres, resins and films (around 80% of global consumption), followed by use in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin. It is also used as automotive antifreeze.
As per MRC' ScanPlast, calculated consumption of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) reached 52,71o tonnes in September 2020, down 27% compared to the same time a year before. Total consumption of PET in Russia in the nine months of 2020 reached 530,750 tonnes, down 22% than the same indicator last year.
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