The world's largest single-unit green ammonia project was put into operation in Da'an City of northeast China's Jilin Province on Saturday.
State Power Investment Corporation's Da'an Project first utilizes the abundant wind and solar resources in Jilin Province to generate "green electricity," which is used in water electrolysis to produce "green hydrogen." And then, green hydrogen will be combined with nitrogen from the air to synthesize "green ammonia" under the action of a catalyst.
This process integrates the entire industrial chain from new energy consumption to the utilization of green ammonia. The "green ammonia" can be widely applied in the chemical, transportation, and power sectors.
"After putting into operation, it will achieve an annual production capacity of 32,000 tons of green hydrogen and 180,000 tons of green ammonia, reducing carbon emissions by about 650,000 tons each year, which is equivalent to the carbon emissions from the daily electricity consumption of nearly 500,000 ordinary households in a year," said Song Shulin, chief director of the project.
The installed capacity of the new energy part of the project reaches 800 megawatts, including 700 megawatts of wind power and 100 megawatts of photovoltaic power. "We have creatively applied our independent intellectual property rights to develop a full-process flexible control system of 'power-hydrogen-chemical', addressing the challenge of matching the instability of wind and solar power generation with the stability of synthetic ammonia production. This has paved the way for a replicable industrial model for the on-site transformation of new energy sources," said Song.
World's largest single-unit green ammonia project put into operation
