Ammobia, Lummus Partner to License Modular Ammonia Technology

Ammobia and Lummus Technology Partner to Deploy Modular Ammonia Production

Ammobia, which develops modular systems for producing ammonia, has entered into an agreement with Lummus Technology covering licensing and deployment of its ammonia production system, Hydrogen Central reported. Under the arrangement, the technology is expected to reach commercial installations around the world and to be incorporated into offerings that work alongside Lummus's hydrogen portfolio, such as marine fuels and energy storage and transport.

The process from Ammobia, described as a capital-efficient synthesis loop, is set to become the first ammonia technology included in Lummus's portfolio. Lummus adds know-how in taking technologies from concept through to commercial scale, together with capabilities in reactor, process and thermal design, engineering, project delivery and global reach. According to the companies, pairing Ammobia's synthesis loop with Lummus's strengths creates a low-risk, financeable route to production for applications including power generation.

Karen Baert, co-founder and chief executive of Ammobia, said the company alters the economics of making ammonia from any energy source and does so through modules rather than the world-scale plants that have shaped the industry for a century. She noted that customers may add capacity either through a greenfield project or by upgrading an existing operating site, and that Lummus supplies the engineering rigor, project delivery and global relationships needed to deploy the technology, leaving Ammobia free to concentrate on advancing the core process. Baert said the collaboration can make ammonia's newest uses, from resilient power to clean maritime fuel, commercially viable.

Leon de Bruyn, president and chief executive of Lummus Technology, said his company has a long history of working with innovators to scale breakthrough technologies that meet the changing needs of the global energy market. He called Ammobia's technology a significant addition to Lummus's portfolio and a leap forward for the industry, with the capacity to make ammonia production more economical and lower carbon, support emissions reductions in shipping and substantially cut project costs.

Demand for ammonia is widening beyond its traditional chemical applications. As the source notes, ammonia already underpins 70% of fertilizers, which feed half the world's population. Grand View Research forecasts a 58% rise in ammonia production by 2033, propelled by emerging demand as a maritime fuel and for power generation.

Ammobia's technology is designed to address this entire range of end markets. The Lummus partnership centers on the energy generation opportunity, with the two companies set to bring projects to market at scale. Ammobia continues to develop its technology across ammonia's other major segments, including fertilizer and industrial production.

In the months ahead, the companies will begin identifying their first commercial projects, with power generation and maritime fuel as priorities.

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