The potential of green ammonia to replace grey ammonia in various industries is vast:

• Agriculture: as fertilizer and base product for DAP, LAN and Urea;
• Heavy mobility: as fuel for the shipping industry, replacing HFO and Diesel; and
• Industrial: as base chemical in various industries (cleaning agents, refrigerant in heat pumps, etc.).

The focus will however be in utilizing green ammonia as a carrier for green hydrogen, where hydrogen is to be extracted from ammonia at the point of use. The global increase in natural gas prices caused a significant rise in ammonia prices during the 2021 calendar year.  The long-term outlook is that ammonia prices will not decrease to 2020 prices.  Currently ammonia is trading for more than $800 per ton.

This unlocks a promising opportunity for the Prieska Power Reserve™, since the green ammonia is on a comparative level to that of grey ammonia.

Contrary to green ammonia, grey ammonia is produced via steam-reforming from natural gas. Where CO2 emissions are released to the atmosphere, there are approximately 2.8 tons CO2/per ton ammonia produced.  Therefore, grey ammonia production is responsible for almost 1% of CO2 emissions globally.

With a zero-carbon footprint, the Prieska Power Reserve™ is to supply:

• ammonia locally to the agricultural industry along and beyond the Orange River;
• export to overseas markets (Europe, Far-East); and
• downstream on-site processing to other products, e.g. fertilisers.

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