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News from Abroad

AMMONIA CRACKING
Air Liquide receives EU support to develop Belgian

low-carbon hydrogen project

French industrial gases major, Air Liq-
uide, has been awarded a grant of €110-mn
from the European Innovation Fund for its
‘ENHANCE’ project in the port of Ant-
werp-Bruges, Belgium, that aims to pro-
duce and distribute low-carbon and renewa-
ble hydrogen derived from ammonia.

As part of the project, Air Liquide in-
tends to build, own and operate a first-of-
its-kind large scale renewable ammonia
cracking plant and an innovative hydrogen
liquefier. ENHANCE is the first European werp-Bruges, using renewable ammonia duty road, maritime transport and aviation.
industrial-scale project for the production as a feedstock instead of natural gas, and Replacing natural gas by ammonia to pro-
and distribution of low-carbon and renew- would also build a hydrogen liquefier. duce gaseous and liquid hydrogen would
able hydrogen using ammonia as a feed- This new facility would support the deve- allow the project to reduce the CO emis-
2
stock. lopment of a low-carbon and renewable sions by more than 300-ktpa.This pro-
hydrogen supply chain in Europe and ject would capitalise on the knowledge
As part of this initiative, Air Liquide contribute to the decarbonisation of a wide and expertise acquired from the Group’s
intends to retrofit one of its hydrogen pro- range of hard-to-abate customers, such ammonia cracking pilot plant located in
duction units located in the Port of Ant- as refineries, chemicals, as well as heavy the port of Antwerp.
LOWER CARBON FERTILISERS
Yara starts production of renewable-based ammonia in Brazil

Norway’s Yara has begun production
of ammonia made from renewable bio-
methane in Brazil. The company has
already delivered the first tonnes of lower
carbon product to its customers.

A purified biogas made from sugar-
cane waste, biomethane can seamlessly
replace fossil natural gas, reducing green-
house gas emissions by up to 75%.

“This is a significant step in building
renewable-based value chains across sec-
tors and industries, from food and mining
to on- and off-shore transport,” said while unlocking new markets and revenue ammonia producer, is now fully equipped
Mr. Marcelo Altieri, President of Yara Brazil. streams,” he added. to operate with biomethane.
“For agribusiness the impact is huge.
By integrating this new generation of Yara said its industrial complex in Looking ahead, Yara plans to expand
lower carbon fertilisers into our agronomic Cubatão, the largest consumer of natural its portfolio to include products utilising
expertise, we offer farmers greater value gas in São Paulo and Brazil’s leading carbon capture and storage (CCS).

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