With Maersk as one of the collaborators, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) revealed plans for the establishment of Europe’s largest production facility of green ammonia.
Currently, Maersk is on a quest to find the marine fuels of the future with green ammonia being one of three preferred fuel types.
The Power-to-X facility located in Esbjerg on the Danish west coast will convert power from wind turbines to green ammonia. The green ammonia produced at the facility can be used by the agricultural sector as green fertilizer and by the shipping industry as a truly sustainable green fuel.
Maersk along with Danish companies Arla, Danish Crown, DLG and DFDS has signed a memorandum of understanding, pledging to work towards realizing the establishment of the facility as well as supporting the off-take of the green ammonia from the facility once it is ready to be delivered to the market.
There is a very real sense of urgency in curbing shipping’s emissions, and we must develop scalable carbon neutral fuels. Therefore, we welcome this project as an important development of green ammonia supply in the future
says Maersk.
Commenting on the occassion, Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, CEO of Fleet & Strategic Brands, A.P. Moller – Maersk, said that Maersk has announced that it will have its first carbon neutral vessel on the water by 2023.
This vessel will be running on carbon neutral methanol. Nevertheless, Maersk considers green ammonia as a promising option for marine fuels and a dual fuel engine for ammonia is under development.
According to CIP, the project can reduce CO2-emissions by about 1.5 million tons – equivalent to removing 730,000 cars from the roads permanently. The facility is planned to start producing green ammonia in 2026.
