Brazil
As the world’s fourth largest agricultural producer, Brazil targets increased production and sustainability in the coming years to increase its exports. The country’s huge network of powerful rivers can help it achieve this.
Brazil currently imports over 80% of its total fertiliser requirement annually.This heavy reliance on imports is a significant factor in the country’sagricultural strategy, prompting initiatives to reduce dependency and enhancedomestic production.
A number of companies, including the Brazilian energy supermajor Petrobras, are now seeking to initiate projects for sustainable production of green ammonia in-country, to help increase domestic fertliser production and meet the burgeoning demands of Brazil’s farming sector. AEL is part-way through an application for funding to develop an HKS.r-based green ammonia production pilot project, to be submitted in 2025. This pilot will seek to deliver a 600kW HKS.r generation system, powering green hydrogen production from electrolised river water to feed an ammonia plant unit with up to 1-tonne/day capacity.
Alongside this, the company is also undertaking acountrywide study in Brazil to explore the benefits of local, decentralisedammonia production, to supply the extensive but disparately-locatednetwork of fertliser producers, most of whom currently reply on sourcingimported ammonia to maintain their feedstock.
AEL has secured a series of key project partners to develop its green ammonia project application, including Brazil’s leading hydrogen electrolyser company and one of Rio de Janeiro’s most prestigious universities.
The project considers:
