Danish engineering firm Haldor Topsøe and private equity firm Aquamarine are set to build a new green ammonia facility including a 100MW solid oxide electrolyser cells (SOEC) electrolysis unit in Germany.

The site will be developed in multiple construction phases in Northern Germany, close to existing offshore wind farms, where the product can be sold to the marine shipping industry.

Initially, the proposed project will use Topsøe’s proprietary SOEC to produce green hydrogen from 100MW of renewable energy.

The hydrogen that is produced from this will be further processed into 300 ton/day of green ammonia using Topsøe technology, which the company previously said “can unlock the full potential of renewable power”.

The produced ammonia can then be used as a green marine fuel or additionally as fertiliser, Topsøe said.

Amy Hebert, Chief Commercial Officer at Topsøe, said, “Driven by our vision to be recognised as the global leader in carbon reduction emission technologies by 2024, we are excited by our low-carbon solutions and attractiveness for our customers.”

“This project is innovative in both its use of cutting-edge technology and its scale and will lead the way.”

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This is just one of several projects aiming to produce green hydrogen and green ammonia that Topsøe is already engaged in.

One of which is the Helios project in NEOM, announced in July 2020, which includes the world’s largest ammonia loop (1.2 million tons per year) delivered by Topsøe.

Joel Moser, founder and CEO at Aquamarine, added, “We expect to be soon announcing other partners who will be joining the effort, as we move forward to build HydrGEN into a global green hydrogen products leader.”

Subject to a final investment decision, it is understood that this plant could be fully operational as soon as 2024.