en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 9, German chemical engineering company thyssenkrupp Uhde announced the signing of two pre-feasibility engineering design contracts with Norwegian green hydrogen and ammonia developer Fuella AS, to provide front-end engineering design services for the Pecém Green Ammonia Project and the Açu Green Ammonia Project in Brazil. The two projects are located at the Port of Pecém in Ceará State and the Port of Açu in Rio de Janeiro State, respectively, each targeting an annual production capacity of 400,000 tons of green ammonia, fully based on renewable energy.

These contracts are at the technical deepening stage prior to formal engineering construction, with main tasks including optimizing process routes, advancing key engineering activities, refining project technical concepts, and providing a basis for subsequent commercial milestones and final investment decisions. thyssenkrupp Uhde has extensive project experience in ammonia, fertilizers, methanol, polymers, and green chemical plants, with its homepage disclosing the completion of over 3,000 chemical and process plants, and listing green hydrogen, green ammonia, and sustainable chemicals as core business portfolios. Fuella, meanwhile, is advancing a portfolio of green hydrogen and green ammonia projects in Norway and Brazil. The two Brazilian projects connect ports, renewable energy resources, water electrolysis for hydrogen production, ammonia synthesis, and export channels. Among them, the Açu project has previously signed land reservation agreements and memoranda of understanding with Prumo and Porto do Açu, planning to build up to 520 MW of green ammonia facilities based on water electrolysis, with an annual output of 400,000 tons, targeting first product output by 2030; the Pecém project leverages local wind, solar, and hydropower conditions, as well as the cooperation foundation between the Port of Pecém and the Port of Rotterdam, to develop large-scale green ammonia supply capacity for the international market.

The role of green ammonia in the chemical industry is extending from traditional fertilizer feedstock to low-carbon fuel, hydrogen carrier, and industrial decarbonization feedstock. Ammonia itself already has mature storage, transportation, port handling, and trade foundations, while green ammonia produces hydrogen through renewable electricity and then synthesizes it with nitrogen, reducing carbon emissions from traditional fossil fuel-based ammonia production. Brazil possesses strong wind, solar, and hydropower resource bases, and its coastal ports can connect to European and other overseas demand markets, making it suitable for converting renewable energy advantages into export capacity for green chemical products. If the Pecém Port and Açu Port projects proceed to subsequent FEED, financing, and construction stages, they will drive demand for a full set of chemical equipment and engineering services, including electrolyzers, air separation, ammonia synthesis, compression, storage tanks, ship loading, port liquid cargo facilities, water treatment, control systems, and safety and environmental engineering. This will also provide Brazil with more concrete industrial project footholds in the supply chain of green hydrogen derivatives, low-carbon fertilizer feedstocks, and marine clean fuels.

The projects still require completion of pre-feasibility engineering design, business model maturation, offtake arrangements, port interfaces, financing structures, and final investment decisions. With thyssenkrupp Uhde entering the early design phase, Fuella's two green ammonia projects in Brazil are transitioning from port resource locking and project concepts to more specific engineering demonstration stages. If subsequent milestones proceed as planned, Brazil is expected to develop green ammonia export capacity based on its domestic renewable energy resources, targeting European and international markets, and provide new project examples for the low-carbon feedstock system in the chemical industry.

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