Casale has signed an
agreement with The Hydrogen Utility - H2U, an Australian specialist
developer of green hydrogen infrastructure for the green ammonia
production facilities powered by renewable energy.
The agreement cements the relationship between Casale and H2U to
develop the engineering package along with the supply and potentially
the construction of proprietary equipment for the production of green
ammonia.
The first two pilot plants will be integrated into H2U’s Eyre
Peninsula GatewayTM Demonstrator
Project in South Australia and are the first of a series of green
ammonia facilities that will be strategically developed by the
partnership in Australia, with the goal of spreading this technology
to different industrial segments and other countries.
“The signing of this framework agreement lays the foundations for the
development of various Green Ammonia projects that are integrated into
the development strategy of Casale for the next years”, said Federico
Zardi, Casale’s CEO.
Dr Attilio Pigneri, founder and CEO of H2U, commented: “With their
experience in the chemical plant engineering and construction, Casale
is able to offer various integrated solutions for the production of
sustainable ammonia, methanol, and other derivates. The development of
production solutions that can integrate with a renewable energy supply
is the only path to the future”.
“The world needs to turn the page and to fight climate change”,
emphasised Zardi. ”In this context, Casale is ready to accept the
challenge and to contribute to the development of sustainable plants
for the production of ammonia and derivatives by reducing or even
eliminating emissions”.
“Today marks an important milestone for our project as well as for an
entire industry, as the Eyre Peninsula Gateway™ is the first green
hydrogen and ammonia project of this scale globally to have
transitioned into the implementation stages. We will now work with
Casale and our key technology partners, including Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries to finalize detailed design for the ammonia facility, with
procurement and construction contracts to follow,” said Dr Pigneri.
“H2U is certainly the ideal partner with whom to start this journey”,
continued Zardi, “and we are sure that this will be a long lasting and
fruitful collaboration”.
H2U has a portfolio of green ammonia projects with its H2-Hub
GladstoneTM Project
development also well underway. This will see the technology scaled to
deliver green ammonia plants that can be rolled out into multiple
locations.
“With COP 26 underway in Glasgow, developing flexible technologies for
integrating renewable energies into green hydrogen and green ammonia
will deliver new exports and industries that drive further
investments, economic growth and most importantly long term
decarbonisation for generations to come.” said Dr Pigneri.
Incitec Pivot Ltd. will cease manufacturing operations at the site at
the end of the current natural gas feedstock supply arrangements which
expire at the end of December 2022.
