ADNOC eyes ammonia value chain in North Rhine-Westphalia

State-owned ADNOC on March 27 said it will explore opportunities to create a low-carbon ammonia value chain with state government and industry representatives in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia.

The government of North Rhine-Westphalia, ADNOC and the German company Currenta have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding this. 

Ammonia, a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, can be used as a low-carbon fuel across a wide range of industrial applications, including transportation, power generation, and industries including steel, cement and fertilizer production.

The primary focus of the agreement will be the production and transportation of low-carbon ammonia and its application as a fuel in energy generation, including industrial-scale testing at Currenta’s site in Dormagen, Germany.

ADNOC said it has significantly expanded its strategic energy partnerships across the hydrogen value chain and has shipped demonstration cargoes of low-carbon ammonia to customers in Asia and also to Germany as part of the UAE-Germany Energy Security and Industry Accelerator (ESIA) agreement.