Fuels for the Future
Green ammonia
Ammonia is already one of the world’s most important commodities due to its widespread use in agriculture and industry. In the future, it will also play a vital role in the clean energy transition as a zero-carbon fuel and energy carrier.
HKS technology is ideally suited to powering green ammonia production, able to deliver the constant electricity needed by the most widely-used ammonia generation process with zero carbon emissions.
50%
Amount of global food production that uses ammonia-based fertilisers.
2050
IMO's Net Zero target date for international shipping.
4x
Expected global ammonia market expansion by 2050.
>1,500kg
CO2 emissions saved per tonne of green ammonia production.
Green ammonia production combines green hydrogen with nitrogen from the air, using renewably generated power. River-based hydrokinetic technology provides the ideal power source for this process, enabling green hydrogen production through electrolysis of river water and supplying a constant output of electricity – a key factor in the Haber-Bosch ammonia production process.
In 2023, the global fertiliser industry was estimated to be worth $175bn, with around 80% of global ammonia production used in fertiliser production. Currently, green ammonia (ammonia created using renewable electricity) only accounts for around 1% of total ammonia production worldwide. It is estimated that this will increase to >20% by 2030 as the agricultural sector seeks to decarbonise.
Multi-platform energy farms, providing industrial scale power (5-50MW+) to commercial users.
National grids
Large-demand private off-takers
Single platform installations, meeting the smaller scale power demands of remote and off-grid energy users.
Off-grid communities
Decentralised power users
